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Spanish officials report first Marburg sickness case.

Spanish officials report first Marburg sickness case. Photo Credit: Reuters Spanish officials report first Marburg sickness case. Photo Credit: Reuters
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MVD is an uncommon yet severe hemorrhagic fever that affects humans and non-human primates. Marburg virus, a filovirus, causes MVD. The only other filoviruses are the six Ebola virus species.

In 1967, hemorrhagic fever broke out in laboratories in Marburg, Frankfurt, and Belgrade, Yugoslavia, revealing the Marburg virus (now Serbia). Thirty-one persons fell sick, including laboratory employees, hospital staff, and family members. Seven died. Either Ugandan African green monkeys or their tissues infected the first people. Retrospective diagnosis added one instance.

Marburg virus lives in Rousettus aegyptiacus, an African fruit bat. Marburg-infected fruit bats are asymptomatic. Marburg virus may infect primates, including humans, causing deadly sickness. The virus’s host range has to be investigated.

On Saturday, Valencian health authorities reported the first probable case of Marburg sickness, a fatal infectious disease quarantining over 200 individuals in Equatorial Guinea.

The regional health officials said a 34-year-old male from Equatorial Guinea was taken from a private hospital to an isolation unit at Valencia’s Hospital La Fe for testing.

Authorities have quarantined three health workers treating the guy.

A Spanish Health Ministry official said the patient’s viral test results should be revealed this weekend.

The World Health Organization reports an 88% Marburg virus (WHO) mortality rate. It has no authorized vaccinations or antivirals.

On Feb. 13, Equatorial Guinea isolated almost 200 individuals and limited travel in the Kie-Ntem district, where the hemorrhagic fever was first identified.

The WHO reports nine deaths and 16 probable cases in the small central African country, with symptoms including fever, tiredness, blood-stained vomit, and diarrhea.

The WHO increased epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea.

On Feb. 14, Cameroonian public health delegate Robert Mathurin Bidjang reported two possible Marburg cases in Olamze, a commune bordering Equatorial Guinea.

Cameroon limited border travel to prevent infection.

 


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