Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak Under Control
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Africa’s most serious outbreak of the Marburg virus has been brought under control after killing more than 300 people, a senior World Health Organization official said Tuesday.
“The epidemic’s peak has passed and the trend is very favorable,” said Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo, the WHO regional director for Africa. The virus has killed 335 people since it appeared in October in the Angolan province Uige.
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