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What is the difference in symptoms between ebola and the marburg virus?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Similarly bad: I hope you're not asking because you think you have one of them. If so, we either need to alert the who and cdc, or a psychiatrist. Not to mention that it's probably too late now for you to see my answer. The symptoms of both are bad: severe bleeding, multi-organ failure, and death. As infectious diseases go, they're among the worst.

Answered 10/4/2016

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Marburg vs Ebola: Marburg Virus and Ebola both cause severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and are viruses from the Filoviridae family. They both have a similar clinical presentaion. The fatality rate from Marburg virus outbreaks has been from 24 to 88%. The Zaire Ebola virus had 88% death rate when discovered in 1976. A Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak occurred in 2007 in Uganda with a 40% death rate. Tai Forest

Answered 9/6/2017

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The same: These two viruses, closely related in structure and infection pattern, cause the same symptoms with the only variant being the speed of infection related to the resistance and immunity of the body of the infected victim rather than the virus type.

Answered 10/18/2014

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