Rwandan officials report progress in Marburg outbreak
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Yesterday Rwanda reported one new Marburg virus case — a known contact of an earlier case, but officials said they were cautiously optimistic the outbreak of the deadly filovirus was dwindling. “It’s not time to declare victory, but we are headed in that direction,” said Yvan Butera, MD, PhD, Rwanda’s minister of state, standing in for the country’s health minister during an Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
