Marburg (Ebola-like virus) now a concern in Africa following the

[bullwinkle428]

death of man in Uganda.

"On 29th September, a Ugandan man, aged around 30 and presenting symptoms of haemorrhagic fever, died in a hospital in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. On 4th October, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that the man's blood tests had revealed contamination by Marburg fever.

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), which has been working in Uganda since 1986, is currently mobilising its teams in preparation for a response.

Marburg hemorrhagic fever is an acute infectious viral disease belonging to the same family as Ebola. Unfortunately, it is often fatal.

As with Ebola, there’s no vaccine and no treatment other than supportive care like rehydration, stabilising blood pressure, reducing the fever, administering pain-killers and antiemetics,” explains Dr Estrella Lasry, MSF’s adviser on tropical diseases."

http://www.msf.org.uk/article/uganda-man-infected-marburg-haemorrhagic-fever

[MineralMan]

1. There have been isolated cases of the Marburg Virus

in the United States, as well, along with the related Lassa Fever. They went pretty much unnoticed in the media, unlike this current Ebola hoopla.

Here's one Marburg Virus case:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/health/22virus.html?_r=0