Is This Deadly Cave In Kenya A Home To The Next Epidemic?
8 months ago

Is This Deadly Cave In Kenya A Home To The Next Epidemic?

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Kitum Caves, located in Mount Elgon, National Park in Kenya, is believed to be the world’s deadliest cave. As per recent reports, scientists worry that this particular cave could be the root cause of the next pandemic as it is home to some of the deadliest viruses in human history. In the 1980s, a French engineer, who was working at a nearby sugar mill investigated this deadly cave and unfortunately came into contact with the body-melting Marburg virus. Following the events of the 1980s, the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases launched an expedition into the Kitum Cave and sent experts inside wearing pressurised and filtered suits.

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Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Marburg virus deaths rise to 11 as source still being investigated

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities …

Marburg outbreak in Africa: What you need to know about the deadly virus
1 year, 8 months ago

Marburg outbreak in Africa: What you need to know about the deadly virus

Firstpost  

The Marburg virus is a highly infectious, Ebola-like disease. There is currently no treatment or vaccine for the disease Two African countries are now facing an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The virus, a highly infectious, Ebola-like disease has left at least a dozen dead in West Africa’s Equatorial Guinea and East Africa’s Tanzania. Let’s take a closer look at …

What you need to know about the Marburg virus
1 year, 8 months ago

What you need to know about the Marburg virus

CNN  

CNN — The West African country of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of the Marburg virus disease in mid-February. Dr. Leana Wen: The Marburg virus disease is caused by the Marburg virus, which is in the same family of viruses as the Ebola virus. Wen: Marburg virus disease is extremely deadly and is highly contagious when engaging in direct contact …

Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus
1 year, 9 months ago

Equatorial Guinea confirms 8 new cases of Marburg virus

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Equatorial Guinea has confirmed another eight cases of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever with no authorized vaccine or treatment. The WHO said the new cases in Equatorial Guinea were found in the provinces of Kie Ntem, Litoral and Centro Sur, all with borders with Cameroon and Gabon. “The areas reporting cases are about …

First Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Equatorial Guinea, WHO says
1 year, 10 months ago

First Marburg virus outbreak confirmed in Equatorial Guinea, WHO says

The Independent  

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Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg virus disease outbreak, nine dead
1 year, 10 months ago

Equatorial Guinea confirms Marburg virus disease outbreak, nine dead

Deccan Chronicle  

MALABO: Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an "outbreak" of the Marburg virus, which causes a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the health minister said Monday, announcing that a province had been placed in quarantine. The government had announced last week that it was investigating the cause of suspect cases of hemorrhagic fever in a densely …

Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: 9 Dead, Lockdown Imposed in One Province
1 year, 10 months ago

Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea: 9 Dead, Lockdown Imposed in One Province

News 18  

Nine people have died in Equatorial Guinea from an “outbreak” of the Marburg virus, which causes a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the health minister said Monday, announcing that a province had been placed in quarantine. The government had announced last week that it was investigating the cause of suspect cases of hemorrhagic fever in a densely forested …

World Health Organization declares Marburg outbreak in Ghana
2 years, 5 months ago

World Health Organization declares Marburg outbreak in Ghana

Associated Press  

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo — The World Health Organization has declared Ghana’s first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease after labs confirmed the infections in two cases announced earlier this month. That U.N. health agency lab corroborated the results from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana, WHO said in a statement Sunday. “Health authorities have responded …

Two test positive in Ghana for highly infectious Marburg virus
2 years, 5 months ago

Two test positive in Ghana for highly infectious Marburg virus

Al Jazeera  

The World Health Organization says that two people in Ghana who later died had tested positive for the Marburg virus, which causes a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola Tests conducted in Ghana came back positive, but those results must be corroborated by a laboratory in Senegal for the cases to be considered confirmed, the WHO said in a statement …

Guinea confirms West Africa’s first Marburg virus death, reports WHO
3 years, 4 months ago

Guinea confirms West Africa’s first Marburg virus death, reports WHO

India TV News  

Health authorities in West Africa have confirmed the region’s first death due to the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, the World Health Organisation has said. The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola, and previously outbreaks have erupted elsewhere across Africa in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda. “The …

Related to Ebola, Spreads Like Covid & Now on WHO List: All About Marburg Virus After Case in W Africa
3 years, 4 months ago

Related to Ebola, Spreads Like Covid & Now on WHO List: All About Marburg Virus After Case in W Africa

News 18  

Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that’s related to Ebola and, like Covid-19, passed from animal hosts to humans. “The potential for the Marburg virus to spread far and wide means we need to stop it in its tracks,” said Dr Matshidiso …

Marburg Virus, Related to Ebola, Detected in West Africa for First Time, Says WHO
3 years, 4 months ago

Marburg Virus, Related to Ebola, Detected in West Africa for First Time, Says WHO

News 18  

Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg disease, the World Health Organization said on Monday, the first recorded in West Africa of the lethal virus that’s related to Ebola and, like Covid-19, passed from animal hosts to humans. “The potential for the Marburg virus to spread far and wide means we need to stop it in its tracks,” said Dr Matshidiso …

Guinea confirms first West African case of deadly Marburg virus
3 years, 4 months ago

Guinea confirms first West African case of deadly Marburg virus

Al Jazeera  

Guinea confirms death from Marburg disease, a virus related to Ebola with a fatality rate of up to 88 percent. Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease, the World Health Organization has said, the first recorded in West Africa of the virus that is related to Ebola and, like COVID-19, passed from animal hosts to humans. “The potential for …

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