Suspected Marburg case in Portugal
Posted Thu, 31 Mar 2005
A Portuguese man returning home from Angola on Wednesday complaining of a fever was rushed to hospital where he has undergone tests for the killer Marburg virus, health officials said in Lisbon on Thursday.
The 27-year-old man had been working in Uige, the region worst hit by Marburg, a severe form of haemorrhagic fever akin to Ebola, that has killed 126 people in Angola in recent weeks. It spreads on contact with the fluids the body produces in reaction to it, such as vomit, blood, and saliva.
He is the third Portuguese to undergo tests for Marburg, the previous two having been cleared.
"He's doing alright but he has a fever," said Dr Graca Freitas, from the department of contagious diseases where he is being treated, adding the tests had been precautionary.
His tests have been sent to a German laboratory and the results are expected on Thursday afternoon.
Portuguese authorities this week told all their nationals not to travel to Uige and for any who had done so in the past three weeks to contact public health services immediately.
AFP
HE is the THIRD to undergo testing and this report is more than 2 weeks old.
But according to the CDC's website, "There is no indication that persons with Marburg virus disease have left the African continent."
Thanks for finding that. Three - more than I thought, at least the first two have been cleared.