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. 2023 Apr 20;10:20499361231168520. doi: 10.1177/20499361231168520

Table 1.

Chronology of outbreaks of Marburg virus disease. a

Countries Number of outbreaks Cases Deaths Case fatality rate Year of outbreaks
Yugoslavia (Serbia) 1 2 0 0 % 1967
Germany 1 29 7 24% 1967
South Africa 1 3 1 33% 1975
Kenya 1 1 1 100% 1980
1 2 1 50% 1987
Democratic Republic of Congo 1 154 128 83% 1998–2000
Angola 1 374 329 88% 2005
Netherland (ex-Uganda) 1 1 1 100% 2008
United States of America (ex-Uganda) 1 1 0 0% 2008
Uganda 1 4 2 50% 2007
1 15 4 27% 2015
1 1 1 100% 2014
1 3 3 100% 2017
Guinea 1 1 1 100% 2021
Ghana 1 4 3 75% 2022
Equatorial Guinea 1 11 11 100% 2023
a

Adapted from WHO Fact sheet for Marburg virus disease.4,5,8,10,14