[2ndreconmarine]

I think most of the people who have been following these threads for the past couple of months expected to see some horrific numbers coming out of Luanda as the disease spread.

It hasn't happened, and there would be no way to cover up an outbreak there.

That is an excellent point.

The epidemic is certainly not spreading anywhere near as fast as the original data indicated.

However, it is also not quite contained, as seemed to have been advertised.

Given the numbers reported today out of Angola, the disease continues to spread at a very slow, but steady rate. If these four cases are also Marburg, then the growth rate is increasing slightly.

[tdewey10]

Forgot to mention, there's been a suspect case in the DRC since 21 April. This got no press beyond being snuck into the middle of a release from Canada's Public Health Agency.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/2005/marburg050421_e.html

[trubluolyguy]

"However it is not quite contained"

I see this as a problem. The entire continent needs to be quarantined. No one in. No one out.