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The virus can then spread through direct contact with bodily fluids such as blood, saliva and sweat. Materials contaminated with these fluids, like bedding and clothes, can also spread the disease.

The World Health Organization declared on Friday that the outbreak of the Marburg Virus Disease in Rwanda is over after going 42 days without a new patient.

For now, here’s what we know about the virus, its disease symptoms and spread, and potential treatments. What is Marburg virus?

What is the Marburg virus? The Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a type of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF), similar to Ebola, which according to the WHO has a “fatality ratio of up to 88%”.