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Sébastian SEIBT

FOUND: Unprecedented situation as outbreaks of marburg virus appear in two african countries | Mind Blowing Facts

The rousettus aegyptiacus bat is a natural host of Marburg virus. © jamezwu, Getty Images, iStockphoto

For the first time, the world is seeing two simultaneous outbreaks of the Marburg virus – one in Equatorial Guinea, the other in Tanzania. The Marburg virus is just as deadly as Ebola, to which it is closely related, but it has been extremely rare until now.

The situation with the Marburg virus entered uncharted territory on March 21, when Tanzania announced an outbreak of the disease in addition to the one in Equatorial Guinea, on the other side of the African continent.

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