Date: 1/10/2024 05:17:30
From: monkey skipper
ID: 2200866
Subject: Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_Marburg_virus_disease_outbreak

Rwanda is currently experiencing its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD).The outbreak was first reported to the World Health Organization on September 28, 2024. The U.S. embassy in Rwanda has issued an alert on the matter.

Epidemiology
On 28 September 2024, the World Health Organization informed of a Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda. Currently there are 26 known cases, 6 of which have been fatal. Cases of the virus have been reported in seven districts of Rwanda.

Contact tracing efforts are being made, and 161 people are being monitored because they came in contact with the infected individuals.

Virology
Further information: Marburg virus

Transmission electron micrograph of Marburg virus
Marburg virus disease is a viral hemorrhagic fever which affects people and primates. The disease can cause serious illness or death.

Marburg virus can be transmitted to humans from fruit bats, and spreads through human-to-human contact, typically via bodily fluids and contaminated medical equipment.

The fatality rate of Marburg virus disease is around 50 percent, but it can vary from 24 to 88 percent depending on several factors.

In contrast to Ebola which has a vaccine, there is no treatment or vaccine for MVD

there is more in the wiki article

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Date: 1/10/2024 20:15:38
From: dv
ID: 2201129
Subject: re: Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak

I don’t know much about this one

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Date: 1/10/2024 20:28:44
From: SCIENCE
ID: 2201130
Subject: re: Rwanda Marburg virus disease outbreak

so it’s probably just a mild ‘flu’ and we should all do our bit for rich hybrid herd flock immunity debt prepayments by letting it rip

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