First case of deadly Marburg virus confirmed in West Africa

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Health officials bury a Marburg victim. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

What you need to know:

  • "This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa," WHO says.
  • Guinea's discovery comes just two months after the WHO declared an end to the country's second outbreak of Ebola, which started last year and claimed 12 lives.