What is Marburg virus disease?

Two people have died in Ghana after contracting the highly infectious illness

Marburg virus particles
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Ghana has confirmed its first cases of the deadly Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, after two people who tested positive for the illness died earlier this month.

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