Doctor holding a test blood sample tube with positive marburg virus. Marburg virus is transmitted to humans by bats and is spread among humans by human-to-human transmission.

This is Marburg Outbreak 2024

The deadly disease that started in Rwanda towards the end of September. 12 people have died so far.

Marburg is a rare hemorrhagic fever that causes illness and death.

There is no treatment or vaccine for this disease.

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