Guinea has recorded the first known case of Marburg virus, a lethal cousin to Ebola, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) said.
Marburg virus is a highly dangerous pathogen that causes haemorrhagic fever.The virus is part of the so-called filovirus family to which the Ebola virus also belongs.
Two other outbreaks occurred at the same time in Frankfurt, also in Germany, and in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. Seven people died.The natural"reservoir," or host, of the Marburg virus is the African fruit bat.WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION/AFP | CHRISTOPHER BLACK Human-to-human transmission then occurs through contact with blood or other bodily fluids, or contact with surfaces such as bedding or clothing that are contaminated with these fluids. Some infections have happened accidentally in the lab, through needle wounds.
Previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been recorded in South Africa, Angola, Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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