{"id":109776,"date":"2024-10-03T04:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109776"},"modified":"2024-10-03T04:18:01","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T21:18:01","slug":"marburg-virus-kills-10-in-rwanda-what-to-know-about-the-ebola-like-outbreak-and-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109776","title":{"rendered":"Marburg virus kills 10 in Rwanda. What to know about the Ebola-like outbreak and symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ten\u00a0people have died in Rwanda from the highly contagious <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marburg-virus-cdc-alert-travelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Marburg virus<\/a><\/span>, and 29 cases have been confirmed, the country&#8217;s health ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rwandahealth\/status\/1841205012061380760?s=46&amp;t=wKzRA1Lyu0dg2UrVfvexxQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a> Tuesday, just days after the country declared an outbreak of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marburg-virus-what-to-know-symptoms-hemmorrhagic-fever-outbreaks\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">deadly hemorrhagic fever<\/a><\/span> that has no authorized vaccine or treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marburg is a rare disease,&#8221; health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said Sunday. &#8220;We are intensifying contact tracing and testing to help stop the spread.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the source of the disease has not been determined yet.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Previous Marburg cases and outbreaks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tanzania-marburg-virus-deaths-who-30d0b729c12a1c0d9c049f260973f811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">have been recorded in Tanzania<\/a>, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marburg-outbreak-equatorial-guinea-us-experimental-vaccines\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Equatorial Guinea,<\/a><\/span> Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/health-topics\/marburg-virus-disease#tab=tab_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what else to know about the disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What causes Marburg virus?<\/h2>\n<p>Like <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uganda-ebola-outbreak-2022-declared-over-who-56-deaths\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebola<\/a><\/span>, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats. It can spread between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets, clothing, needles or medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization notes that Marburg virus does not spread through the air.<\/p>\n<p>The rare virus was first identified in 1967 after it caused simultaneous outbreaks of disease in laboratories in Marburg, Germany, and Belgrade, Serbia. Seven people died who were exposed to the virus while conducting research on monkeys.<\/p>\n<h2>Marburg virus symptoms<\/h2>\n<p>According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\/level2\/marburg-rwanda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">symptoms of Marburg virus<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fever<\/li>\n<li>chills<\/li>\n<li>headache<\/li>\n<li>muscle pain<\/li>\n<li>rash<\/li>\n<li>chest pain<\/li>\n<li>sore throat<\/li>\n<li>diarrhea<\/li>\n<li>vomiting<\/li>\n<li>stomach pain<\/li>\n<li>unexplained bleeding or bruising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;In later stages of the disease, bleeding from various sites such as the gums, nose and anus can occur. Patients can suffer shock, delirium and organ failure,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/questions-and-answers\/item\/marburg-virus-disease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WHO says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Without treatment, Marburg can be fatal in up to 88% of people who fall ill with the disease. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments specifically for this virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A person infected with the virus can take between three days and three weeks to show symptoms, Nsanzimana added.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marburg-virus-what-to-know-symptoms\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten\u00a0people have died in Rwanda from the highly contagious Marburg virus, and 29 cases have been confirmed, the country&#8217;s health ministry reported Tuesday, just days after the country declared an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109776\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}