Such infection could potentially amplify the virus and cause or contribute to MHF outbreaks. Orchitis has been reported occasionally in the late phase of disease (15 days).
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Discussions "to find urgent solutions" were under way with provincial authorities, the WHO said. The incubation period (interval from infection to onset of symptoms) varies from 2 to 21 days. Bausch DG, Nichol ST, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, et al. The appearance of patients at this phase has been described as showing “ghost-like” drawn features, deep-set eyes, expressionless faces, and extreme lethargy.
In the current outbreak all three of the three victims have died from the disease and Uganda did not wait for further deaths before declaring a national outbreak on October 19, CNN reported. }else { It has taken the lives of at least 109 people along the Angola-Congo border and a further five in Luanda. The World Health Organisation called for stepping up measures in Angola to halt the further spread of the deadly Marburg virus asit claims its 174th victim. ^ Involvement of the central nervous system can result in confusion, irritability, and aggression. What is Marburg? Thirty-one people became ill, initially laboratory workers followed by several medical personnel and family members who had cared for them.
"They can arise between 2-21 days after initial infection. Marburg virus[1] is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus. Case fatality rates have varied greatly, from 25% in the initial laboratory-associated outbreak in 1967, to more than 80% in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998 to 2000, to even higher in the outbreak that began in Angola in late 2004. Recommendations for infection control while providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed Marburg haemorrhagic fever is provided in the: Interim infection control recommendations for care of patients with suspected or confirmed filovirus (Ebola, Marburg) Haemorrhagic Fever, March 2008. WHO has created an aide–memoire for standard precautions in health care. No specific antiviral treatment or vaccine is available. It has taken the lives of at least 109 people along the Angola-Congo border and a further five in Luanda. -o�ǾM�N���xr;������Lh��� �3L�0-� �`�ʊ�b��)&|] ���M�I�ł ��\$6��8������Q�#S� V���n��g�4�X!��زi�n~�YaԦЦ �TvmR�.��>��qe�d�K,;�A��{g�� �v�[��c�����2��*�a"[}c^��@)J͒�pEȴ���x�N�$gHF�I�Tu,����0n�_Q�"1������0�d�d���*�K� "As the situation has not improved, no surveillance teams were operational today in the province.". Meanwhile, Obed Ntegyereize, the first confirmed victim, is steadily recovering, after tests conducted on him on Tuesday turned out negative, health officials disclosed.
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Seven provinces have been affected, the latest being Zaire province, where six cases have been reported, the WHO said in its most recent update.
Efforts are also underway to track all people who had had contact with the victims, the government said. Subsequently, outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa (in a person with recent travel history to Zimbabwe) and Uganda. �s�K|�ҝ,��Ҽ�W�xČ\��1X�Ǜ)��Rx�ey?��ݝ�`�p�T�l� �v�N����������{�Ʃ�P�^H�� }u3�]�p �'&���Wf4����fB��.1�缮��br�b�s Similar precautions are taken against both Marburg virus and Ebola.