The GuardianMarburg virus disease: what is it, what are the symptoms and how worried should we be?
The Guardian gives a complete lowdown on what the Marburg Virus Disease is, what its symptoms are, how fatal it is, how it spreads and much more.
Curated by informedTwo people have died in Ghana from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola for which no treatment yet exists.
It is the first declared outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the country, and the the second in west Africa after Guinea confirmed a case last year.
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