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Guinea confirms West Africa's first Marburg virus case
A man who died in Guinea was found to have the Ebola-like, highly infectious disease.
Health officials in Guinea have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly infectious disease that is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola.
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Photo: Colourised micrograph of Marburg particles. Credit: Getty Images.
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