The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned doctors in an update on Thursday that they should be aware of growing outbreaks of the highly fatal Marburg virus in Africa and will start communicating with travelers to the United States to watch for symptoms. Like Ebola, Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a a rare but severe…
CDC Issues Warning About Deadly Marburg Virus Amid Outbreaks in Africa
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning travelers to take precaution in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania amid outbreaks of the Marburg virus disease (MVD). The CDC also announced that it is sending personnel from its National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases to respond to the outbreaks. Equatorial Guinea declared…
CDC Warns About Deadly Marburg Virus Amid Outbreaks in Africa
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning travelers to take precautions and avoid non-essential travel in the African nations of Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania amid outbreaks of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD). The CDC also says it’s sending personnel from its National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases to respond…
WHO Convenes ‘Urgent’ Meeting Over Marburg, One of World’s Deadliest Viruses
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday convened an “urgent meeting” amid an outbreak of the Marburg virus, which causes one of the world’s deadliest diseases, in Africa. Health officials say Marburg, first seen in the late 1960s, is related to Ebola. However, WHO officials say it’s far more deadly, killing upwards of 88 percent of…
Ghana Confirms Its First Outbreak of Highly Infectious Marburg Virus
DAKAR—Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola, its health service said on Sunday, after two people who later died tested positive for the virus earlier this month. Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but the results had to be verified by…
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