Tag Archives: MARBURG: GHANA CONFIRMS FIRST OUTBREAK OF HIGHLY INFECTIOUS VIRUS

Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but the results had to be verified by a laboratory in Senegal for …

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