Nature There are no approved treatments for the Ebola-like haemorrhagic fever, which is spreading in Rwanda. Researchers are in a race against time to deploy vaccines and treatments against a deadly virus that has exploded in Rwanda.
As of 30 September, the central African country has recorded 27 cases and 9 deaths caused by Marburg virus, a highly deadly relative of Ebola virus that also causes haemorrhagic fever, with most cases occurring among health-care workers in the country’s capital Kigali. There are no approved therapies or vaccines against Marburg virus. But if the current outbreak continues — most are small and quickly contained — health officials and researchers hope to gather valuable data on the safety and potential effectiveness of vaccines and treatments.