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Investigating the Zoonotic Origin of the Marburg Virus Outbreak in Guinea in 2021

2022-11-04

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In 2021, a patient died from Marburg virus (MARV) disease in Guinea, which was the first confirmed case in West Africa. The source of the outbreak has not been identified. It was revealed only that the patient had not traveled anywhere before the illness. Prior to this outbreak, MARV had been found in bats in the neighboring Sierra Leone. In Guinea, this virus has never been found before. Therefore, the question o...

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DOI: 10.1101/2022.11.03.514981

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