WHO confirms outbreak of Deadly Marburg Virus: Know details about the Virus
Sakshi Education
Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak. 10 people have so far died and 200 more quarantined in the country.
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Marburg Virus outbreak in Equatorial Guinea sparks WHO emergency meeting. Check below the details about this deadly Marburg virus.
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All about Marburg Virus
- Marburg virus disease (MVD), formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal in humans.
- The virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans.
- The average fatality rate is around 50%.
- Rehydration, and symptomatic treatment improves survival.
- There is no licensed treatment against the virus, but a range of blood products, immune therapies and drug therapies are currently under development.
- Rousettus aegyptiacus, fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, are considered to be natural hosts of Marburg virus.
- The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through human-to-human transmission.
- Marburg and Ebola viruses are both members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus).
- Two large outbreaks that occurred simultaneously in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1967, led to the initial recognition of the disease.
- Symptoms of Marburg virus are high fever, severe headache and severe malaise. Muscle aches and pains are a common feature. Severe watery diarrhoea, abdominal pain and cramping, nausea and vomiting can begin on the third day. Diarrhoea can persist for a week.
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Published date : 14 Feb 2023 05:10PM