Marburg virus alarm in Spain: Moved from Ecuadorian Guinea
It is suspected that a 34 -year-old patient in Spain grabs Marburg virus and carried it to Spain. So far the number of those who died from the virus is 9.
Spanish media said that on Saturday, it was suspected that there was patient who carry a deadly Marburg virus in the country.
The 34 -year -old male patient reported that hemorrhagic disease spent time in the Ecuadorian Guinea, which reported a verified epidemic.
The man has been placed in isolation at La Fe hospital in Valencia after showing symptoms of the disease, and biological samples have been sent to the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid for testing, it said.
NINE DEATHS WERE SEEN
Equatorial Guinea has so far reported 9 deaths from the Marburg virus and 16 suspected cases. The patients had symptoms including fever, fatigue and bloodstained vomit and diarrhoea, according to the World Health Organisation. At least two other suspected cases were reported across the border in Cameroon.
IT IS TRANSMITTED WITH FRUIT BATS
The Marburg virus is a highly infectious disease similar to Ebola and can have a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent, according to the WHO. There are no vaccines or antiviral treatments approved to treat it.
It is transmitted to humans by fruit bats and spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces and materials.
The disease was first detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in the German cities of Marburg and Frankfurt, and in Belgrade, Serbia.
According the WHO, the illness begins abruptly with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise. Many patients develop severe haemorrhagic symptoms within seven days.
(The National News)
