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Marburg virus kills 6 in Rwanda, health minister says

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Health minister: Majority of victims are health workers in the intensive care unit.

Marburg is from the same virus family as the one responsible for Ebola.

It can cause death among some patients, with symptoms including severe headache, vomiting, muscle aches and stomach aches.

Neighboring Tanzania had cases of Marburg in 2023 ; Uganda had similar ones in 2017 .

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90

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formal

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English

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54

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short-lived

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