Posted on 10/05/2014 8:57:05 AM PDT by seeker41
Ping.
Wars, rumors of wars, pestilence.....
Can’t help but to notice a pattern developing here, and I’m not even a religious person. Might be a good time to start! lol
Yeah, well Graham broke out here yesterday. Far more humorous than Marburg.
Elioda Tumwesigye, minister of state for health told reporters that one person has so far died and 80 others are being monitored in central Uganda and the western district of Kasese.
"The Ministry of Health would like to inform the country of an outbreak Marburg which has so far killed one person. Another person who has developed signs is being monitored," he said.
He said the index case died on Sept. 28 after developing signs of Marburg which was later confirmed by laboratory tests. The minister said the deceased's brother has also developed signs and is currently under isolation.
He added that all the people that had contact with them are being monitored.
The Marburg virus was last reported in Uganda in 2012.
According to the World Health Organization, Marburg is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
According to the global health body, the illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly, with severe headache and malaise.
Case fatality rates have varied greatly, from 25 percent in the initial laboratory-associated outbreak in 1967, to more than 80 percent in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1998-2000, to even higher in the outbreak that began in Angola in late 2004.
Currently some West African states are facing a related disease- - Ebola -- which has left more than 3,000 people dead. Endi
Sorry Marburg is less dangerous. It only has a 25% fatality rate.
The index case died on Sept. 28 after developing signs of Marburg which was later confirmed by laboratory tests. This is in its early stages!
Didn’t the Russians weaponize this for ICBMs?
Obama promised us a unicorn but gave us the pale horse instead.
Well, if that is the case I am grateful it’s 25%.
Pure coincidence I’m sure...
Apparently the open border thing was not infecting people fast enough so they brought out the big guns.
The two biggies back to back after a long absence of either...back to back. Yup. Just a coincidence.
I’m guessing there is a certain degree of immunity among the native populations there. Not so much here.
Isn't that basically the whole country?
Aaaaaaaaaah good ol Idi Amin. Almost as good as the zero..............
I think you are correct-MARV?
HERE!
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