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- Recently six people died in Rwanda due to Marburg virus.
Marburg Virus Disease:
- It was earlier known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever.
- It is a rare but serious haemorrhagic fever.
- It is caused by Marburg virus.
- It is a genetically unique zoonotic RNA virus.
- Both Marburg and Ebola are members of the Filoviridae family (Filovirus).
- The virus is named after the German city of Marburg.
- It was first identified in a laboratory in 1967 in this city.
- The virus can spread from bats to humans.
- It can then spread through direct contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of infected individuals.
- Symptoms -
- Fever, chills, headache, muscle pain, flat and raised rash, chest pain, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
- There is currently no treatment or vaccine for Marburg disease
- The mortality rate in this disease is about 50%.
Rwanda:
- Rwanda is a country located in East Central Africa.
- It is a landlocked country.
- It borders Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Capital - Kigali
- Currency - Rwandan franc
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