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Marburg virus Disease

July 18 , 2022 865 days 940 0
  • Two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease were reported in Ghana recently.
  • The Marburg Virus disease is an infectious haemorrhagic fever.
  • It belongs to same family as Ebola.
  • The virus is transmitted to people via fruit bats.
  • People to people transmission also takes place.
  • It spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected person or surfaces.
  • It has an incubation period of 2-21 days.
  • This disease is potentially very harmful and deadly.
  • Fatality rates in previous outbreaks have ranged from 24% to 88%.

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