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WHO Declares Outbreak In Ghana After Reports Of Ebola-Like Marburg Virus Cases
World Health Organization has proclaimed Ghana's first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus illness after laboratories confirmed infections in two individuals. Fruit bats transmit the illness, a highly contagious hemorrhagic fever, to humans, and humans contract it by coming into touch with infected individuals' body fluids or surfaces. More than 90 contacts have been discovered and are being tracked, including health personnel and… read-more
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2 Succumb To Marburg Virus In Ghana; WHO On Alert
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that two suspected cases of Marburg virus have been detected in Ghana. Both the patients from Ghana's Southern Ashanti region have succumbed to the virus. The Marburg virus belongs to the same family as Ebola, and is a highly infectious Hemorrhagic fever. The virus transmits among persons through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people and surfaces.
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