A Dutch hospital said a woman has died of Marburg fever, a rare Ebola-like virus she probably caught from bats while climbing through caves on vacation in Uganda, AP reported. The World Health Organization said the unidentified woman had visited the African country for three weeks last month. A spokeswoman at the Leiden University Medical Center said the hospital had taken all precautions to prevent the spread of the contagious disease. The hospital said Friday the woman had been isolated and everyone she had been in contact with notified. She was admitted to a regional hospital six days ago with liver failure and severe hemorrhaging. Marburg virus causes hemorrhaging and has a fatality rate as high as 90 percent. There is no known treatment or cure.
