This time, it is not Liberia that a vicious killer virus is alive but
Uganda where Marburg which is a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever
similar to Ebola has killed a man in the capital city.
A total of 80 people who came into contact with him were quarantined. Marburg starts with a severe headache followed by hemorrhaging and leads to death in 80 percent or more of cases in about nine days. It is from the same family of viruses as Ebola, which has killed thousands in West Africa in recent months.
A total of 80 people who came into contact with him were quarantined. Marburg starts with a severe headache followed by hemorrhaging and leads to death in 80 percent or more of cases in about nine days. It is from the same family of viruses as Ebola, which has killed thousands in West Africa in recent months.
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the Marburg virus, which is transmitted through bodily fluids such as saliva and blood or by handling infected wild animals such as monkeys.
Marburg has a shorter incubation period of 14 days, compared with Ebola's 21.
The current outbreak of Ebola, the deadliest on record so far, has killed more than 3,400 people in four West African countries.
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