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Marburg virus

11/17/2017 / By Russel Davis

New outbreak: Deadly virus, similar to Ebola, with NO treatment… now strikes Uganda

Uganda is in the middle of a health care crisis as the deadly Marburg virus has once again hit the African nation. Health chiefs have announced that the virus, which is clinically similar to the Ebola virus, has been detected in five cases. The reports note that an emergency Marburg virus screening is being carried out at the […]

11/07/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Black Death and incurable Marburg Virus now spreading across Africa’s cities… world’s medical system helpless to stop it

Africa is currently contending with two serious disease outbreaks. The pneumonic plague has been making headlines as it sweeps across Madagascar, but there are concerns about it are being eclipsed by a far more sinister threat: A rare and fatal virus known Marburg virus disease (MVD), which has now broken out in Uganda. The World […]

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