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  • Rare Marburg hemorrhagic fever shows up in Denver

    02/07/2009 10:58:29 AM PST · by george76 · 44 replies · 2,177+ views
    Rocky Mountain News ^ | February 6, 2009 | Tillie Fong
    The first known case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in the United States was treated at Lutheran Medical Center in January 2008, it was announced Friday. The disease, which is caused by a virus indigenous to Africa, is transmitted by contact with infected animals or the bodily fluids of infected humans. The patient, who was not identified, had apparently contracted the virus when he visited Uganda. While in that country, he had visited a python cave in Maramagambo Forest in Queen Elizabeth Park, where he came into contact with fruit bats, which are capable of harboring the Marburg virus. The CDC...