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Rwanda - End of Marburg Virus Outbreak
December 29 , 2024
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- Rwanda has successfully managed its first-ever Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak.
- A total of 66 confirmed cases and 15 fatalities were recorded during the outbreak.
- MVD is previously known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever.
- It is a severe and often fatal illness in humans, with an average case fatality rate of around 50 per cent.
- The virus is initially transmitted to humans from fruit bats and spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals, as well as the contaminated surfaces and materials.
- The disease is named for Marburg, the German city where scientists became ill with the disease’s first known cases in 1967.
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