[ad_1]
Laboratories in Guinea have confirmed cases of the Marburg virus and samples have been sent to neighboring Senegal for more details, according to the Guinea Health Service, cited by Reuters.
If confirmed with further research, this will be the first case of the Marburg virus in West Africa. Since 1967, there have been 12 major outbreaks of the Marburg virus, mainly in southern and eastern Africa, as well as in Europe. The average mortality rate is 53.8%, with mortality rates ranging from 24% to 88% during previous outbreaks.
Researchers in Sierra Leone discovered carriers of the Marburg virus in 2018, African fruit bats, but no human infections were reported at the time.
Recent cases have been detected in Guinea in the south-east of the country, in the Nzerekore region, near the borders between Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. Scientists are trying to track how the virus entered the country.
Currently there is no information on the status of patients infected with the virus.
In the Nzerekore region, there were 23 Ebola outbreaks this year, 12 of which resulted in death. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2013-2016, one of the largest in the region until it spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, was also recorded here.
Mortality is extremely high
People infected with the Marburg virus have little hope of survival: one in two people dies from horrible headaches, vomiting blood, muscle aches and bleeding in various parts of the body.
The Marburg virus is easily transmitted by direct contact through bodily fluids (blood, secretions, semen, organs, etc.) of a sick or dead person or objects contaminated with bodily fluids, the environment (clothing, needles, etc. .). The highest risk of infection is when the patient has vomiting, diarrhea, or bleeding.
Infection can also occur through direct contact with live or dead infected animals, including meat from wild animals (eg monkeys, chimpanzees, forest antelopes, bats).
In 2005, the Marburg virus devastated as much as 90 percent. There are 252 sick people in Angola.
According to the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS, Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a very serious disease caused by the Marburg virus. This virus, like the Ebola virus, belongs to the Filoviridae family.
According to scientific studies, the reservoir of the virus is likely to be African fruit bats, especially the Egyptian fruit bat (Egyptian ruit bat, Egyptian rousette).
Marburg haemorrhagic fever was first recorded in 1967. outbreaks in laboratories in Marburg and Frankfurt (Germany) and Belgrade (Serbia). Laboratory personnel had contact with blood, organs, and cell cultures of monkeys (green markers (Chlorocebus aethiops)) from Uganda.
1967–2012 A total of 571 cases of Marburg hemorrhagic fever (470 deaths) were reported. Outbreaks of Marburg hemorrhagic fever have been reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sudan, and Uganda during this period. Outbreaks have been reported in recent years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda, and Angola (2005), and Uganda (2007, 2017).
If the affected person recovers, the Marburg virus can persist in the testes, central nervous system, and aqueous humor (immunologically privileged sites) for some time, making it possible for it to become re-infected, especially through sex.
Unfortunately, to date, there is no approved treatment for the disease of filoviral infections.
It is strictly forbidden to use the information published by DELFI on other websites, in the media or elsewhere, or to distribute our material in any way without consent, and if consent has been obtained, it is necessary to indicate DELFI as the source.
[ad_2]
