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The new cases of Marburg virus have been reported from Kie-Ntem in the east, Litoral in the west and the Centro Sur provinces

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Seven deaths in E.Guinea from Marburg virus, 20 others likely linked: WHO

Seven people have been killed in an outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, with a further 20 deaths “probably” due to the hemorrhagic...

AFPMarch 23, 2023

Marburg fever is a close relative of Ebola. Pictured: Medical staff wear protective gear during a deadly Ebola epidemic that struck Guinea in 2015

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Death toll in E. Guinea Marburg outbreak rises to 11

Two more people in Equatorial Guinea have died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus, bringing the toll of fatalities to...

AFPFebruary 28, 2023

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WHO to hold emergency meeting on E.Guinea Marburg outbreak

The UN health agency said it would hold an emergency meeting Tuesday after at least nine people in Equatorial Guinea died from Marburg haemorrhagic...

AFPFebruary 14, 2023

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Ebola-like Marburg virus kills two in Uganda: official

Two people have died from the Marburg virus in eastern Uganda, in the country’s first outbreak of the deadly Ebola-like pathogen in three years,...

AFPOctober 19, 2017