Marburg virus disease outbreak in Tanzania: current efforts and recommendations - a short communication.

On 21 March 2023 the Tanzania's Ministry of Health reported the first Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Bukoba District reporting a total of eight cases and five fatalities including one health care worker with a case fatality ratio of 62.5%. MVD is a filoviral infection with an estimated incubation of 3-21 days and causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans.