Ghana - Outbreak of Marburg Virus (MVD), July 2022

[ChatteringBirds]

Three people have died in Ghana from the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola for which no treatment yet exists...

It is the first declared outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in the country, and the second in west Africa after Guinea confirmed a case last year.

Marburg virus disease: what is it, what are the symptoms and how worried should we be?

Ghana is working to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus, or MVD, which has no treatment and can be fatal

www.theguardian.com

 

[JDG]

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi1nKzni535AhVSg4kEHWDSBtcQvOMEKAB6BAgGEAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheconversation.com%2Fthe-marburg-virus-urgent-need-to-contain-this-close-cousin-of-ebola-187542&usg=AOvVaw0_ssIesCPZ5Q-M6slFM1Tw

 

[JDG]

^^^^Marburg virus was first reported in Germany (1967) & Slovakia.

It originated with monkeys imported for research.

Lots of good information in these articles.

 

[LunaticFringe]

Monkeypox and Marburg Virus? What the hell is going on people?Good Lord!It's no wonder I am a homebody.

 

[tarabull]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/who-marburg-virus-outbreak-1.6751113

Marburg (Marburg Virus Disease) | Marburg (Marburg Virus Disease) | CDC

www.cdc.gov

 

[Eli9]

I've been reading about this for days. I hope we get on top of it before there is a deadly outbreak! I know there is no cure but we must be better at contract tracing since Covid.