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CDC Reports Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania

CDC Reports Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania

April 6: CDC has issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health departments in the United States about two confirmed outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD)—one in Equatorial Guinea and one in Tanzania. Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that these two outbreaks are related; most experts agree that these represent two independent animal-to-human spillover events. To date, no confirmed cases of MVD related to these outbreaks have been reported in the United States or other countries outside Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. Learn more.