The deadly Marburg virus is believed to originate in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact.

An outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Rwanda has led to eight deaths in the country. The virus, similar to Ebola, has no specific treatment or vaccine, making early supportive care and public health measures crucial.

Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment. Like Ebola, the Marburg virus ...

Six people have died in a major outbreak of Marburg disease in Rwanda, a viral hemorrhagic fever from the same family as Ebola.

Kigali, RWANDA -- Rwanda says eight people have died so far from the Ebola-like and highly contagious Marburg virus, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.

A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely mo

The highly contagious virus is a deadly haemorrhagic fever with no authorised vaccine, fatal in up to 88 per cent of patients.

The Ebola-related Marburg virus kills around half of those infected but has been fatal in up to 90 per cent of cases.

The latest outbreak in Africa is in Rwanda, it is the Marburg virus which have so far killed 6 people. Read on to know more about it.