China News Service, August 12, according to foreign media news.
Foreign media What is the situation of this epidemic?
What is the situation of this epidemic? According to reports, the man who died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever was a male patient from a village in Gekodú province in northwestern Guinea
WHO Director-General Tan Desai said that the Ministry of Health of Guinea reported the case to the organization on August 6
Tedros said at a press conference in Geneva: “About 150 contacts have been identified and they are being traced.
What is Marburg virus?
What is Marburg virus? According to the United Nations website, Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a serious and highly fatal disease caused by the Marburg virus, which belongs to the same family as the Ebola virus
The virus is the most potent pathogen known to infect humans and can cause large-scale epidemics.
According to foreign media , after the incubation period of 5 to 10 days, the infected person will have a sudden fever, head and muscle pain, as well as bleeding from the skin and mucous membranes due to impaired blood coagulation.
Foreign media In severe cases, symptoms of nerve palsy may also occur
The WHO stated that there is currently no effective treatment for Marburg haemorrhagic fever, and its vaccine is under development, but oral or intravenous fluids and treatments for specific symptoms can improve survival
How threatening is the Marburg virus?
How threatening is the Marburg virus? The virus is named after a small town on the banks of the Lahn River in Hessen, Germany
Since then, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda have also reported Marburg outbreaks and sporadic cases
democracy The World Health Organization said that although this virus poses a high threat to the region, it is a relatively small global threat
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