Marburg virus disease causes people to quickly develop severe illness and fever, which could lead to shock or death. Learn more about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this illness.

Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.

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While the global risk of Marburg virus disease is considered “low”, it can cause death through extreme blood loss. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments specifically for this virus.

Health officials in Rwanda are dealing with the country’s first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an Ebola-like disease which, if left untreated, has a fatality rate of up to 88%.

The medical student was to be isolated for 21 days, the incubation period for Marburg virus disease, as a precaution, they said. Image. A fruit bat in 2018 in Uganda.