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  • 12 July, 2022

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Marburg Disease

Marburg Disease

Ghana has reported its first-ever suspected cases of Marburg virus disease.

About Marburg Disease

  • It’s a highly infectious viral hemorrhagic fever with a fatality ratio of up to 88 percent and belongs to the same family as Ebola.
  • The disease was first identified in the year 1967 in Germany’s Marburg, Frankfurt, and Serbia’s Belgrade following two large outbreaks.
  • Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda had reported cases earlier in sporadic outbreaks.

Key carriers: Fruit bats of the Pteropodid Family are the main carriers of the disease.

  • The home range of the fruit bats includes India, parts of Africa and the Middle East, South-East Asian countries, and some parts of Australia.
  • It typically infects humans following long exposure to mines or caves inhabited by Rousettus bat colonies.

Transmission

  • Human-to-human transmission takes place through direct contact with the blood, secretions, organs, or other bodily fluids of infected people.
  • Surfaces and materials contaminated with these fluids are other vital sources. Its incubation period ranges from two days to three weeks.

Treatment

  • Blood products, immune therapies, and drug therapies are among the treatments being evaluated for this disease.
  • Remdesivir and Favipiravir, monoclonal antibody treatments developed for the Ebola virus, are also being considered for compassionate use or expanded access.
  • There are no specific vaccines or antiviral treatments to treat the disease. While the Ebola vaccine may potentially protect against a Marburg virus infection, clinical studies are yet to confirm this.

Source: WHO


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