1. @SoceFallBirima confirms there is a possible case of #Marburg in Guinea, at Gueckédou — where the 2014-16 West African #Ebola outbreak was first reported.
Samples have been sent to a reference laboratory for confirmation.
This would be West Africa's first Marburg outbreak.
Samples have been sent to a reference laboratory for confirmation.
This would be West Africa's first Marburg outbreak.
https://twitter.com/KrutikaKuppalli/status/1423650081379651585
2. For those who don't know Marburg fever, it is very similar to #Ebola — a dangerous hemorrhagic fever that transmits through contact with a sick or dead person's bodily fluids. Marburg outbreaks have been less frequent and generally smaller than Ebola outbreaks.
3. Things to know about #Marburg: There is no licensed vaccine & no approved drugs to treat it. There's been work on experimental vaccines & some Phase 1 trials, which suggests there may be some human grade vaccine available. How much would be a question.
4. The #Marburg virus is named after a German city because that's where it was first spotted, in 1967. Lab workers became ill after working with green monkeys imported from Uganda, which has been the source of most known outbreaks to date.
5. Here's a list of known #Marburg outbreaks. A number involved international travelers who visited caves in Uganda, or miners — which makes sense because the reservoir species is the African fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, per @CDCgov. cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/in… 
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