Marburg Virus, Cousin of Ebola, Discovered in West African Bats

Marburg, a virus related to Ebola, has been found in fruit bats in West Africa for the first time.

Marburg, a virus related to Ebola, has been found in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, West Africa, marking its first ever discovery in the region.

The finding becomes crucial considering Marburg’s 90 percent fatality rate in its biggest known outbreak in Angola in 2004, where over 250 people were infected.