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. 2023 Jul 17;15(7):e42014. doi: 10.7759/cureus.42014

Table 1. Chronology of major Marburg (MARV) virus disease outbreaks.

The information in the above table was taken from Refs [9, 17-18].

DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Year Country Cases Deaths Case fatality rate (%)
2023 Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania 29 (Equatorial Guinea) 8 (Tanzania) 27 (Equatorial Guinea) 5 (Tanzania) Cumulative case fatality rate - 86
2022 Ghana 3 2 67
2021 Guinea 1 1 100
2017 Uganda 3 3 100
2014 Uganda 1 1 100
2012 Uganda 15 4 27
2008 Netherlands (ex-Uganda) 1 1 100
2008 US (ex-Uganda) 1 0 0
2007 Uganda 4 1 25
2004-2005 Angola 252 227 90
1998-2000 DRC 154 128 83
1990 Russia 1 1 100
1987 Kenya 1 1 100
1980 Kenya 2 1 50
1975 South Africa 3 1 33
1967 Germany 31 7 23