Ghana has officially reported two deaths from the Marburg virus. Nearly a hundred people have been quarantined in the country, raising fears of another mass outbreak. Let's take a look at the disease, its symptoms and how to avoid it.
Marburg is a highly infectious viral fever from the same family as Ebola. Its origins trace back to African green monkeys imported from Uganda to Germany in 1967. The disease is transmitted through human contact and mostly by people who have spent long periods in caves and mines populated by bats.
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