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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2026

Genomic Insights into Marburg Virus Strains from 2023 and 2025 Outbreaks in Kagera, Tanzania.

Lawrence A Mapunda, Medard Beyanga, Nyambura Moremi, Jean N Hakizimana, Doreen Kamori, Alfred Chacha, Edna Mgimba, Dennis Mrosso, Ambele E Mwafulango, Jackson Mushumbusi and 36 more

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46 authors.

Lawrence A Mapunda
Medard Beyanga
Nyambura Moremi
Jean N Hakizimana
Doreen Kamori
Alfred Chacha
Edna Mgimba
Dennis Mrosso
Ambele E Mwafulango
Jackson Mushumbusi
Ferdinand Ndunguru
Seif Abdul
Emmanuel Mkumbo
Maria E Kelly
Céline Barnadas
Vida Mmbaga
Rogath Kishimba
Samwel Laizer
Ntuli Kapologwe
Michael Kiremeji
Erasto Sylvanus
Angela Samwel
Saumu Nungu
Emmanuel Achol
Julien Nguinkal
Hakimu Idris Lagu
Muna Affara
Florian Gehre
Calvin Sindato
Chacha Mangu
Elias Nyanda Ntinginya
Saida Murugwa
Pawan Angra
Shannon Whitmer
George Mgomella
Mahesh Swaminathan
Wangeci Gatei
Dorcas Wanjohi
Sofonias Tessema
Yenew Kebede
Said Aboud
Charles Sagoe-Moses
Alex Magesa
Gerald Misinzo
Tumaini Nagu
Grace Magembe

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Abstract

Marburg virus (MARV) is the primary cause of Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe hemorrhagic fever with a high case-fatality rate. The first reported MVD outbreak in Tanzania occurred in 2023, followed by a second outbreak in 2025, both within the Kagera region. During those MVD outbreaks, 174 suspected cases were identified; of those, 10 were laboratory confirmed. After complete genome assembly and bioinformatic analyses, we found the MARV strains of the 2023 and 2025 outbreaks to be closely related and clustered with MARV strains that caused outbreaks in Rwanda (2024) and Uganda (2014). The sequences from both MVD outbreaks in Tanzania showed >99.71% nucleotide identity, suggesting a possible single spillover event followed by limited human-to-human virus transmission. Further ecologic studies are essential to identify potential spillover events, but our findings indicate that closely related MARV strains circulate in Kagera, Tanzania, posing a risk for future outbreak recurrence.

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Disease OutbreaksGenome, ViralGenomicsMarburgvirusMarburg Virus DiseaseAnimalsHumansPhylogenyTanzaniaFiloviridaegenomesKageraMarburg virusMarburg virus diseaseoutbreaksTanzaniaviral hemorrhagic feverviruseszoonoses

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PMCPMC12869988

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