New 'Black Death' FOUND: Deadly virus WORSE than plague and with no CURE breaks out - WHO

express.co.uk ^ | Will Kirby

[BenLurkin]

The disease, known as Marburg virus disease (MVD), is similar to Ebola and can be lethal in up to 90 per cent of cases.

Emergency screening has begun at the Kenya-Uganda border in Turkana after three members of the same family died of the disease in Uganda.

The outbreak is thought to have started in September when a man in his 30s, who worked as a game hunter and lived near a cave with a heavy presence of bats, was admitted to a local health centre with a high fever, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Several hundred people are believed to have been exposed to the virus, which is among the most virulent pathogens known to infect humans.

Early symptoms include fever, chills, headache, and myalgia.

The news comes as Madagascar faces a deadly outbreak of plague, which has already claimed the lives of 127 people.

[Pontiac]

So if anyone does see a bubon, contact your local authorities.

I had one on my butt last week but I-never saw it

;)

[Bikkuri]

[MarkL]

Marburg is related to, and is of the deadlier strains of Ebola - Ebola has become sort of a generic term for a certain type of hemorrhagic virus that under an electron microscope looks sort of like a Shepard's crook

These are frightening viruses, and are easily transmitted and many have a high mortality rate. And sometimes a strain will become "airborne," which means that no physical contact is necessary for infection. "Ebola Reston" (named for an outbreak in Reston, VA) went airborne, but thankfully, while nearly 100% fatal in apes, only caused flu-like symptoms in humans.

The book, "The Hot Zone" reads like fiction, but it's based on true events, including the Reston, VA outbreak!

Mark

[SunkenCiv]

Wal Marburg... I loved him in the funky bunch. Thanks bitt.

[AdmSmith]

Ebola Vaccines
NIAID is supporting the development of multiple Ebola vaccine candidates that are in various stages of development.

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/ebola-vaccines

Ebola and Marburg virus vaccines.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28447193

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=Marburg+Virus+Disease&term=&cntry1=&state1=&recrs=

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?cond=Ebola&term=&cntry1=&state1=&recrs=