CDC Warns About Deadly Marburg Virus Amid Outbreaks in Africa

CDC Warns About Deadly Marburg Virus Amid Outbreaks in Africa
This transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image in 1975 of an undisclosed tissue sample, reveals the presence of numerous Marburg virus particles. CDC/Dr. Fred Murphy; Sylvia Whitfield
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning travelers to take precautions and avoid nonessential travel in the African nations of Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania amid outbreaks of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD).

The CDC also says it’s sending personnel from its National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases to respond to the outbreaks.

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