Marburg virus is spreading in Africa.. and America is sending an aid team
Marburg virus infection has expanded in two African countries, which prompted several countries, including Arab countries and the United States, to issue recommendations regarding travel to them in order to avoid infection with the deadly virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States announced it would send a team of experts to Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea to contribute to the containment of Marburg, Fox News reported on Sunday.
She explained that a team from the National Center for Emerging and Animal Infectious Diseases will travel to the two countries in order to respond to the increasing outbreak of this virus
The US authorities had earlier called on their citizens wishing to travel to these two countries to avoid close contact with patients or visit medical care facilities in virus outbreak areas, and to monitor any symptoms for a period of 3 weeks from the date of departure.
And last February, Equatorial Guinea announced the first outbreak of the new virus in the country, and since that time it has announced 9 confirmed infections and 20 possible infections, and all of them died, according to the World Health Organization.
Later, about 2,900 km away, Tanzania announced that it had recorded 8 HIV infections, of which 5 died, according to the same source.
Symptoms of the disease
Fever ,Chills ,Muscle, Pain, Sore, throat Rash Diarrhoea, Unexplained ,blood bleeding
Methods of transmission The virus can be transmitted through several methods: Blood or body fluids of an infected person or died of Marburg. The virus is also spread by contact with contaminated items (such as clothing and medical equipment) or by contact with animals, such as bats.
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