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What is the difference between Ebola and Marburg?
Short answer
They are closely related filoviruses causing nearly the same disease. Marburg has a different natural reservoir (the Egyptian fruit bat) and no approved vaccine yet.
Active outbreaks
5
Cases this year
16,795
Deaths this year
2,756
Marburg's fatality rate ranges from 24% to 88%, similar to Ebola. Symptoms, transmission route and response (isolation, contact tracing) are nearly identical.
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