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Lethal Marburg virus is on the rise in Rwanda: why scientists are worried

There is no proven vaccine or treatment for infections with the virus, which is closely related to Ebola virus and causes similar symptoms.
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  1. Saima Sidik
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It is an outbreak of superlatives. One of the deadliest known viruses, Marburg, has emerged in Rwanda, killing 13 people and sickening 58 in one of the biggest Marburg outbreaks ever documented. Scientists expect the outbreak to be curtailed quickly — but they warn that, overall, Marburg is on the rise.

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Nature 634, 522-523 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03275-8

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  • Correction 09 October 2024: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of Olivier Uwishema.

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