According to the WHO, Marburg is a highly contagious viral hemorrhagic fever that belongs to the same virus family as the more well-known Ebola virus disease.
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What causes Marburg Virus Disease?
This disease usually affects humans after prolonged exposure to mines or caves where Rousettus bat colonies are found. The Marburg virus naturally inhabits these bats.
How does Marburg Virus Disease Spread?
The Marburg virus can spread from one person to another through direct contact with the blood, organs, secretions, or other bodily fluids of an infected person. As long as the virus is present in a person’s blood, they are contagious.
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What are the Symptoms of Marburg Virus Disease?
The time from infection to the onset of symptoms, or incubation period, ranges from 2 to 21 days.
The Marburg virus causes sudden onset illness characterised by a high fever, excruciating headaches, and excruciating malaise.
On the third day, severe watery diarrhoea, cramping and pain in the abdomen, nausea, and vomiting are all possible.
Preventive measures for Marburg Virus Disease
The disease can be avoided by lowering the risk of bat-to-human transmission brought on by extended exposure to mines or caves where fruit bat colonies are found.
Minimising the possibility of community-wide human-to-human transmission brought on by direct or close contact with infected patients and lowering the potential for sexual transmission.
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