Uganda tourist dies of Ebola-like fever
Updated 7/11/2008
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch woman has died from Marburg fever, a rare Ebola-like virus she is thought to have caught from bats while touring caves in Uganda, hospital officials said Friday.
To avoid an outbreak of the highly contagious disease, health authorities said they have been in touch with everyone known to have had contact with the 40-year-old woman since she returned to the Netherlands at the end of June.
So far, no one else has reported symptoms, said the National Institute for Public Health and Environment.
It is the first known case of a tourist catching Marburg virus. Previous outbreaks of the disease have largely struck African miners and hunters.
The World Health Organization said no effort was made to notify passengers on the plane who flew with her from Uganda. The virus has an incubation period of five to 10 days.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-11-ebola-tourist_N.htm
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