The WHO says Marburg virus has an average 50% fatality rate among humans and causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever
Two cases of the deadly and highly contagious Marburg virus have been confirmed in Ghana.
The country's health service said a lab had returned the positive results from two men, aged 26 and 51, who died last month.The World Health Organisation says the disease has an average 50% fatality rate among humans and causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever. It is transmitted by fruit bats and spreads among humans via bodily fluids and contact with materials such as bedding and clothes.It is only the second outbreak of Marburg in West Africa. The first case in the region was detected last year in Guinea and no further cases were identified.
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