Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak today. This highly infectious virus causes hemorrhagic fever, with a fatality ratio of up to 88%.
MVD is in the same virus family that causes Ebola virus disease.
Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country's western Kie Ntem Province turned out positive for MVD, wrote the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 13, 2023.
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