US EditionEthiopia Confirms Outbreak of Deadly Marbug Virus: Africa CDC
Nine cases confirmed including health workers; WHO deployed 11 experts and released $300,000 for containment to prevent spread near South Sudan border.
- On Nov 15, Ethiopia's Ministry of Health announced its first-ever Marburg virus outbreak with nine lab-confirmed cases in southern Ethiopia, near the South Sudan border.
- Investigators point to bat-linked origins and strain similarity as Marburg virus from Rousettus/fruit bats matches East African outbreak strains, Ethiopia Public Health Institute said Friday.
- Patients typically show abrupt high fever, headache and muscle pain with bleeding starting between five and seven days; transmission occurs through direct contact with infected fluids during a two- to 21-day incubation period.
- The World Health Organization released $300,000 from WHO Contingency Fund for Emergencies and dispatched 11 technical officers while providing personal protective equipment and an isolation tent to Ethiopia.
- Africa CDC warned that the outbreak risks spreading to South Sudan, whose fragile health system and seven-year civil war strain regional infrastructure, while no other African country has reported Marburg cases in recent weeks.
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There is no approved vaccine or treatment for the virus whose mortality rate is between 25% and 80%
Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, particularly in the south of the country, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.
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Ethiopia has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in the south of the country, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Saturday.
The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) of Africa states that at least nine cases of Marburg virus infection have been detected, similar to Ebola, which kills up to 80% of the infected persons, according to The...
A person infected with Marburg virus can have an 80 percent chance of dying.
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