Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemiology and demographics

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Epidemiology

Case fatality rate

• Case fatality rates in marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreaks have ranged from 23% to 90%.

Demographics

Age

• Patients of all age groups may develop marburg hemorrhagic fever.
• Marburg hemorrhagic fever commonly affects younger individuals less than 5 years old and adults >50 years old compared to normal age groups. younger than/older than [number of years] years of age.

Race

There is no racial predilection to marburg hemorrhagic fever.

Gender

Marburg hemorrhagic fever affects men and women equally.