Marburg virus

Spain has detected its first suspected case of Marburg disease, a deadly infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in ...

Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on February 13 in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on February 14. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it. Spain has detected its first suspected case of Marburg disease, a deadly infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea, health authorities in the Spanish region of the Valencia said on Saturday.

Consequently, the federal government has asked all persons with 21 days travel history to Equatorial Guinea to immediately report to the hospital for health ...

The NRL and CHAZVY have the capacity to promptly test and diagnose cases of MVD if needed. “The extent of the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea has not yet been ascertained. Point of entry surveillance has been heightened using the passenger’s pre-boarding health declaration and screening form. In a statement yesterday and signed by the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. The multi-sectoral National Emerging Viral Haemorrhagic Disease Technical Working Group (NEVHD TWG) led by NCDC, is responsible for coordinating the national response to all VHFs across pillars including surveillance, laboratory, case management and risk communication. “Currently, there are no available vaccines or therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of this strain of the virus.

Marburg is a deadly infectious disease which can have a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent according to the World Health Organisation.

The disease has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea. The WHO said it was increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea. Follow us on [also read] [World](https://www.firstpost.com/category/world) [World Bank approves massive grant to help Ukraine fight Russia](https://www.firstpost.com/world/world-bank-approves-massive-grant-to-help-ukraine-fight-russia-12200532.html) The virus originates in bats. MVD can have a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) is cused by the Marburg virus.

Following the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria is at moderate risk of.

“Based on available data, the overall risk of importation of the Marburg virus and the impact on the health of Nigerians has been assessed as moderate for the following reasons: The extent of the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea has not yet been ascertained, the likelihood of importation to Nigeria is high due to the direct flight between Nigeria Band Equatorial Guinea. Director – general of NCDC, Dr. Following the outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria is at moderate risk of importation of the virus.

Health authorities in Valencia earlier said they had detected the country's first suspected case of the infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of ...

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said Nigeria is at moderate risk of importing Marburg Virus Disease following the outbreak ...

“However, diagnostic capacity will be scaled up to other laboratories in cities with important points of entry and others as may be required. Nigeria has also responded to viral haemorrhagic fever epidemics like the Ebola Outbreak in 2014 and built up her preparedness and response capabilities over the years. It is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola virus disease.

The Marburg virus is believed to have a fatality rate of up to 88% and there are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it.

There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it. [Marburg virus](https://www.jpost.com/health-science/ivory-coast-begins-ebola-vaccinations-after-case-confirmed-in-abidjan-676896) can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). [Marburg disease](https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-731599), a deadly infectious disease that has led to the quarantining of more than 200 people in Equatorial Guinea, health authorities in the Spanish region of the Valencia said on Saturday.

The virus, which has an incubation period of between five and 10 days when it is not transmitted, has symptoms of fever, muscle pain and headaches.

Anyone with symptoms in Equatorial Guinea is being forced to self-isolate to help contain the deadly outbreak which has already infected sixteen people, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). “If a person with the virus but without symptoms travels to Europe during the incubation period of the illness, they could carry the virus but there is not a real risk of the Marburg virus spreading in Europe,” he told media outlet Redaccion Medica. In the early stages of the disease the symptoms are very similar to Ebola and malaria. The patient has symptoms similar to someone affected by the Marburg virus and he has been moved from a private hospital to the top La Fe hospital in Valencia. Earlier this month, following the Marburg virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Buesa, professor of microbiology at Valencia University said it was unlikely for it to spread in Europe by a traveller from the African country who was in the incubation period. Health authorities in the Valencia region have activated a contagious diseases protocol over the possibility that a 34-year-old man, who has been in Equatorial Guinea, has the virus with a biological sample sent to the Instituto de Salud Carlos lll hospital in Madrid for confirmation.

On 7 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea reported the deaths of a number of individuals with suspected hemorrhagic ...

Based on available information, all nine deceased cases were in contact with a relative with the same symptoms or participated in a burial of a person with symptoms compatible with MVD. Ebola and Marburg virus disease epidemics: preparedness, alert, control, and evaluation.](https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-HSE-PED-CED-2014.05) [WHO. Marburg virus is the causative agent of Marburg virus disease (MVD), which has a case-fatality ratio of up to 88%. Marburg virus disease outbreak control relies on using a range of interventions, namely case management, surveillance including contact tracing, a good laboratory service, infection prevention and control including safe and dignified burials, and social mobilization. In the early course of the disease, the clinical diagnosis of MVD is difficult to distinguish from many other tropical febrile illnesses due to the similarities in the clinical symptoms. This is the first time that Equatorial Guinea has reported an outbreak of MVD. Burial ceremonies that involve direct contact with the body of the deceased can also contribute to the transmission of Marburg. All the cases have died, one in a health facility and the other eight in the community. As of 21 February 2023, the cumulative number of cases is nine, including one confirmed case, four probable cases and four suspected cases. Marburg spreads through human-to-human transmission via direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected people, and with surfaces and materials (e.g. According to the ongoing epidemiological investigation, the cases presented with fever, followed by weakness, vomiting, and blood-stained diarrhoea; two cases also presented with skin lesions and otorrhagia (bleeding from the ear). The case also had epidemiological links to four deceased cases from one of the villages in Nsoc-Nsomo district.

The Hospital La Fe, where a patient suspected by the health authorities as having deadly Marburg disease was quarantined, in Valencia, Spain, Feb. 25, 2023. The ...

Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease February 13 in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said February 14. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it. A man in Spain who was suspected of having the deadly Marburg disease tested negative Saturday and does not have the virus, the health ministry said.