Marburg virus: Outbreak in Africa in Feb 2023
| Family | Filovirus |
| Type | RNA virus |
| First identified | 1967 |
| Reservoir host | African fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus |
| Countries that have reported outbreaks historically |  |
| Human to human spread | 1. Blood or body fluids (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, amniotic fluid, and semen) of a person who is sick with or died from Marburg virus disease. 2. Objects contaminated with body fluids from a person who is sick with or has died from Marburg virus disease (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment). 3. Semen (persists in testicles and eye) |
| Clinical features | Incubation period: 2-21 days Day 1: Fever chills and myalgia Day 5: Rash on trunk. Abdominal pain and diarrhea Old Symptoms worsen with appearance of jaundice, pancreatitis, severe weight loss, delirium, shock, liver failure, coagulopathy and MODS. |
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