Officials at a Denver infirmary admitted over the weekend that they treated a case of deadlyMarburg haemorrhagic feverlast year . Marburg is tie in to the Ebola virus , made ill-famed in bestselling leger The Hot Zone , and kills 80 percentage of those who get it within days after exposure . The valet who was treated in Denver caught it while visit a python cave in Uganda , and made a full convalescence . Another holidaymaker who visited the same cave drop dead after returning place , and the cave has since been closed .
Because Marburg has such a short incubation period , it ’s unlikely last year ’s exposure could lead to an outbreak . Anyone exposed to the virus would most likely have catch sick last year when the patient was regale .
via Seattle Times
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