Marburg virus

The WHO held an emergency meeting after nine people died from the an outbreak of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. It causes infection as deadly as ...

The Marburg virus can spread from infected animals, including bats. It is part of the filovirus family that also includes the Ebola virus, which has caused havoc in several previous outbreaks in Africa. bedding, clothing) contaminated with these fluids.

“Rest assured that the DOH through the Epidemiology Bureau continues to provide surveillance and monitoring activities of emerging diseases,” the DOH said on ...

Cases of Marburg virus disease are “rare,” the DOH said. “Human-to-human transmission of Marburg virus is primarily associated with direct contact with blood and/or bodily fluids of infected persons. “At present, there is no current risk assessment provided by WHO and the global risk of the Marburg virus disease is low,” it added.

The country officially declared its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease on Monday.

In addition to the deaths, Equatorial Guinea has reported 16 suspected cases of the virus. Outbreaks have also been reported in Europe and the United States. “Surveillance in the field has been intensified,” said George Ameh, WHO’s country representative in Equatorial Guinea. “Contact tracing, as you know, is a cornerstone of the response. redeployed the COVID-19 teams that were there for contact tracing and quickly retrofitted them to really help us out.” [Germany’s BioNTech plans modular vaccine factories in Africa](/economy/2022/2/16/germanys-biontech-plans-modular-vaccine-factories-in-africa?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Two test positive in Ghana for highly infectious Marburg virus](/news/2022/7/8/two-test-positive-in-ghana-for-highly-infectious-marburg-virus?traffic_source=KeepReading) [Ghana declares first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus](/news/2022/7/18/ghana-declares-first-outbreak-of-highly-infectious-marburg-virus?traffic_source=KeepReading)

The small Central African country has so far reported nine deaths as well as 16 suspected cases of Marburg virus disease, with symptoms including fever, fatigue ...

There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it. Marburg virus is a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola and can have a fatality rate of up to 88%, according to the WHO. GENEVA— The World Health Organization is increasing its epidemiological surveillance in Equatorial Guinea after the country confirmed its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe illness that causes viral haemorrhagic fever in humans (it was formerly known as Marburg haemorrhagic fever). The virus ...

The government said a few people had shown “light” symptoms and added that it was investigating the cause of suspect cases in the area, which borders Gabon and Cameroon on Africa’s central western coast. As of now, there are no authorised vaccines or drugs to treat the Marburg virus disease. Involvement of the central nervous system can result in confusion, irritability, and aggression. In a 2004 outbreak in Angola, MVD killed 90% of the 252 infected. Since then, cases have been reported in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. [confirmed its first outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg virus disease, or MVD](https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/who-says-equatorial-guinea-confirms-1st-outbreak-of-marburg/article66506091.ece).

The Department of Health has assured the public that it is monitoring developments on emerging diseases, after the World Health Organization confirmed the ...

Human-to-human transmission of Marburg virus is primarily associated with direct contact with blood and/or bodily fluids of infected persons. Marburg virus is in the same virus family that causes Ebola. The only threat here is if one person comes from that country and travels to another country then it can also cause infections. History tells us that since 1967, wherein the first Marburg virus us discovered in Germany, we already have around 15 outbreaks, and majority of these outbreaks are only confined in sub-Saharan Africa because of particular fruit bat that carries the virus, and people are exposed to this bat,” he explained. “It is really important for us to monitor this particular outbreak because we also have OFWs in this country. Primarily, because the source of this virus, which is the fruit bats, is endemic in those regions of Africa…

To date, no death or confirmed case related to this haemorrhagic fever has been notified. On alert since February 9, 2023, Cameroon is working to strengthen its ...

In addition, the management capacities of these districts have been assessed and strengthened, community dialogue to encourage the involvement of community and religious leaders in the detection of cases has been established. It should be remembered that the Marburg virus disease currently raging in Equatorial Guinea, in eight border villages in the southern region, is today on its 16th appearance, including 11 in Africa, since the recording of the first case in 1967 in Marburg, Germany. The Patron of Health also informed the audience that these meetings will be held regularly to better coordinate preparation and response. Also, surveillance has been strengthened with the deployment of Rapid Investigation and Intervention Teams and active case finding. The laboratories are capable of carrying out the analysis, sequencing and viral load of the samples. This is what emerges from the consultation meeting which mobilized on February 14, 2023 around Dr MANAOUDA Malachie, the sectoral public administrations and the technical and financial partners.

News outlets report on a concerning outbreak of Marburg fever in Equatorial Guinea, which has prompted the World Health Organization to consider an ...

(Schnirring, 2/14) (2/14) According to a report from the Conflict Observatory, a State Department-supported initiative, Russia has placed at least 6,000 Ukrainian children at 43 camps and institutions stretching from Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea region to Siberia and Russia’s Pacific coast, or with new families, as part of its “systematic, whole-of-government approach to the relocation, re-education and, in some cases, adoption and forced adoption of Ukrainian children.” (Ryan, 2/14) The meeting brought together a consortium of vaccine developers, researchers and government officials — a group the WHO created in 2021 to advance a Marburg vaccine. A Marburg fever outbreak in Equatorial Guinea is galvanizing efforts to test drugs and vaccines for a virus that currently has none. News outlets report on a concerning outbreak of Marburg fever in Equatorial Guinea, which has prompted the World Health Organization to consider an experimental vaccine.

Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public ...

“On the 13th of February, we had two suspected cases. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it. Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on Tuesday.

Control measures such as quarantine could end the outbreak in Equatorial Guinea quickly — good news for inhabitants but a mixed blessing for clinical ...

It’s good news for public health and the people of Equatorial Guinea, but perhaps bad news for science.” None of the vaccines is available in large quantities, developers said at the meeting: availability ranges from a few hundred doses in the case of the Sabin and PHV vaccines to a few thousand for Janssen’s candidate. At this week’s WHO meeting, officials discussed the practicalities of testing Marburg virus vaccines in Equatorial Guinea.

Marburg virus causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever and 24% to 88% of people who contracted the disease in different outbreaks died.

[may appear](https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/symptoms/index.html). We need an improvement in diagnosis which can help us do the detection as quickly, and as efficiently as possible. And once that is done – as with Ebola – the person must immediately be isolated and avoid contact with other people. Arrivals from Ghana and other West African countries must be checked at the ports of entry. Serological [studies](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6968259/) have also revealed evidence of past Marburg virus infection in Nigeria. This leads me to believe that the virus is probably more widespread than we think it is. [first reported](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/marburg-virus-disease) in 1967 in a town called Marburg in Germany and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). It is spread through contact with materials (fluids, blood, tissues and cells) of an infected host or reservoir. Given that there have been cases in Ghana, it's time to be on the alert. It has varied [between](https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/index.html) 24% to 88% in different outbreaks depending on virus strain and case management. The laboratory staff got infected as a result of working with materials (blood, tissues and cells) of the monkeys. The virus, which belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus, causes severe viral hemorrhagic fever in humans with an average case fatality rate of

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in bats and spreads between people via close contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, or surfaces, ...

News and Press Release in English on Equatorial Guinea about Health and Epidemic; published on 14 Feb 2023 by Africa CDC.

The Africa CDC has deployed a team of experts in Equatorial Guinea to support response efforts in the country. The African Union spearheads Africa’s development and integration in close collaboration with African Union Member States, the Regional Economic Communities and African citizens. With partners’ support, the Ministry of Health and Social welfare has deployed rapid response teams to support further investigations. AU Vision: to accelerate progress towards an integrated, prosperous and inclusive Africa, at peace with itself, playing a dynamic role in the continental and global arena, effectively driven by an accountable, efficient and responsive Commission. MVD is a severe and often fatal illness in humans, and is a zoonotic hemorrhagic disease caused by the Marburg virus. One confirmed case, nine deaths and 16 suspected cases have been reported from two communities in this province.

Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, an Ebola-related virus that has already killed nine people in the tiny Western ...

On the third day of illness, patients can suffer from diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The first cases of the virus were recorded in 1967 in Germany - in Marburg and Frankfurt - and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). According to the WHO, it is transmitted to humans from contact with fruit bats, a natural host of the virus, and then spreads from human to human through contact with bodily fluids of infected people, and infected surfaces and materials.

The deadly Marburg virus has been detected in Equatorial Guinea and neighbouring Cameroon, and the World Health Organization is deploying teams to trace the ...

The WHO and Equatorial Guinea officials are also in discussions about potentially testing experimental therapeutics in the region. [50 per cent](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/marburg-virus-disease) of people with Marburg virus die from the disease, though fatality rates can range from 24 to 88 per cent depending on the virus strain. “Any decision on trials of [Marburg virus] vaccines and therapeutics will be made by national authorities and researchers in Equatorial Guinea,” said Ghebreyesus. It is also assisting officials in Cameroon and Gabon to prepare for rapidly detecting, isolating and providing care to people who may contract Marburg virus. Officials suspect at least eight other people in Equatorial Guinea have died from the virus. This comes days after an outbreak was confirmed in neighbouring Equatorial Guinea – the country’s first such outbreak – after a recently deceased person tested positive for the disease.

Health officials along the border said Tuesday there were two suspected cases of the severe hemorrhagic fever in Cameroon after Malabo confirmed nine deaths and ...

Health officials along the border said Tuesday there were two suspected cases of the severe hemorrhagic fever in Cameroon after Malabo confirmed nine deaths and sixteen possible infections. Bingono says in 2020 Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea restricted movement along their border to protect their populations from COVID-19, but civilians on both sides did not respect the order. Cameroon's health ministry has dismissed a report of two suspected cases of Marburg virus in the country after a first deadly outbreak in neighboring Equatorial Guinea. He says as of Wednesday at midday central African time, Cameroon had not reported any deaths or suspected cases of Marburg virus. The U.S. Health officials in Cameroon’s South region on Tuesday said a teenage boy and girl suffering from high fever were rushed to a hospital Monday in Olamze, on the border with Equatorial Guinea.