A highly contagious viral infection, Marburg disease, that causes hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, killed six people in Rwanda, the country's health ministry said.
Marburg is a rare and severe viral hemorrhagic fever caused by highly contagious orthomarburg viruses called the Marburg and Ravn viruses. The virus naturally found in Egyptian Rousettus bats affects humans and primates like apes and monkeys. While bats carry the pathogen, they do not become ill from it. The infection is typically found in sub-Saharan Africa.
