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Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is being investigated
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Health authorities say Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda. The East African country is searching for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities. Rwanda's government said Thursday that there are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests lik…
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For the first time in Rwanda’s history, its health ministry is dealing with an outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola – but unlike Ebola, there is no treatment or vaccines for Marburg, and it has a fatality rate of 88%.
Health authorities say Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda. The East African country is searching for the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities. Rwanda's government said Thursday that there are 36 confirmed cases of the disease that manifests lik…
Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said, as the East African country continues to investigate the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities.
Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said, as the East African country continues to investigate the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health facilities.
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