May 2005 The flesh-eating Marburg virus in Angola is one of the most dangerous and contagious there is. We exclusively follow the doctors in the wards battling the epidemic. The isolation ward in Uige, Angola, is strictly off limits but our cameras gained exclusive access. It’s here that confirmed Marburg victims are cared for. “This patient has arrived at a very late stage of infection so the prognosis is not good,” states a nurse. But most Marburg victims never make it to hospital. Instead …

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