This current outbreak marks the first Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan virus in Uganda since 2012, and the first outbreak with over one case since 2004. Where does Ebola come from?

Ebola is a terrifying virus which, if left untreated, causes bleeding inside the body and through the eyes, nose, mouth and rectum.

Marburg virus is transmitted to people directly from fruit bats, through infected non-human primates that handled body fluids, and from infected humans or those who have died from the disease.

Marburg virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever and 24% to 88% of people who contracted the disease in different outbreaks died.

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There are two outbreaks of the Marburg virus across Africa. Our medical analyst explains what’s known about this virus.

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday.

There are no treatments or vaccines approved for Marburg, a virus in the same family as Ebola with a fatality rate between 24% to 88%.

Sierra Leone was one of three countries ravaged by the Ebola epidemic 10 years ago. A national vaccine campaign is a big step towards preventing future outbreaks.

The Ebola virus devastated west Africa in 2014, claiming over 11,000 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.