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The recent outbreaks of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania raises once more the specter of pandemic potential pathogens of a highly deadly nature for which the world is woefully unprepared.
The spread of the Ebola-like virus has claimed lives but could be a crucial chance to test a vaccine if supplies and researchers are mobilized in time.
The CDC has issued a warning to people traveling to two African countries over a deadly Marburg outbreak after it announced it is sending personnel to monitor the disease.
The ongoing spread across Africa of the fatal Marburg virus has put global health officials on high alert. The World Health Organization said last week that the risk is very high in Africa.