Ghana announces first-ever Marburg virus outbreak MarburgVirus Marburg Outbreak WHOAFRO
What is Marburg virus disease ? MVD is caused by the Marburg virus, a genetically unique zoonotic virus that can infect both human and non-human primates. This RNA virus belongs to the filovirus family that causes rare but severe hemorrhagic fever. Other members of this family include the Ebola virus.
Transmission of MVD Previous studies have indicated that infected African fruit bats transmitted the disease to the human host. These studies have reported that in 2008, two tourists contracted MVD in Uganda after being exposed to infected bat feces or aerosols, which are the possible routes of infection. After the initial crossover of the virus occurred from the zoonotic host to humans, the infection was transmitted via person-to-person contact.
The laboratory analyzed the samples and their results were similar to the reports of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, which confirmed that both the patients were infected with MVD. Both the patients were male, one patient was aged 26 years, and the other was 51 years of age. Both patients were admitted, almost at a similar time, to the same hospital and were provided with similar treatments.
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