Mention Ebola, and horrifying visions of an apocalyptic infectious disease that causes bleeding and death will cross the minds of many people. The Marburg virus , a member of the same Filoviridae family of viruses that includes Ebola, doesn’t have nearly the same scary name recognition, but outbreaks of Marburg virus disease in remote areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Uganda, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania have had frighteningly large case fatality rates. And Marburg, like Ebola, can set loose a deadly cascade of fever, bleeding and organ failure.Experts have warned that the Marburg virus, which can be spread from human to human through bodily fluids, could fuel a dangerous pandemic.

A 2024 outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Kigali, Rwanda, the country’s capital city,

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