Marburg virus: Here's all you need to know
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Marburg virus
Marburg virus: Here's all you need to know
Two cases of the Marburg virus were confirmed in Ghana. It is highly infectious and similar to Ebola.Here's all you need to know about the Marburg virus.
Two cases of the Marburg virus were confirmed in Ghana. It is highly infectious and similar to Ebola.Here's all you need to know about the Marburg virus.
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Harmful and deadly
Marburg is potentially very harmful and deadly: Case fatality rates in past outbreaks have ranged from 24 per cent to 88 per cent.
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How it spreads
The disease, a very infectious hemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, is spread to people by fruit bats and transmitted among people through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces, WHO said.
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Second outbreak in West Africa
This is only the second outbreak of Marburg in West Africa. The first ever case of the virus in the region was detected last year in Guinea, with no further cases identified.
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Dozens of outbreaks
There have been a dozen major Marburg outbreaks since 1967, mostly in southern and eastern Africa. Fatality rates have varied from 24% to 88% in past outbreaks, depending on the virus strain and case management, according to the WHO
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Other spots
The disease previously occurred in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Uganda, and Kenya, according to the WHO