Marburg Virus Ghana Confirms First Outbreak Of Deadly Virus
The patients showed symptoms including diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting, the WHO said, adding that more than 90 contacts were being monitored. Marburg is a highly contagious viral hemorrhagic fever in the same family as the better-known Ebola virus disease and has a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. “The disease begins abruptly, with high fever, severe headache and malaise,” he said. The virus is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and can then be transmitted from person to person through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or with surfaces and materials contaminated with those fluids, the WHO explained....