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The World Health Organization declared an outbreak of the virus "Marburg" In Ghana, on Sunday evening, 11 months after the first death from the virus was recorded in West Africa.
There have been 12 major outbreaks of the virus "Marburg" Since 1967, most of them are in southern and eastern Africa.
virus belongs "Marburg" to the same family EbolaIt has previously spread elsewhere across Africa in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
An outbreak of Marburg virus begins when an infected animal, such as a monkey or fruit batThe virus is transmitted to a person, who in turn transmits it to another person through contact with the body fluids of an infected person.
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The World Health Organization announced the outbreak of the “Marburg” virus in Ghana, on Sunday evening, 11 months after the first death from the virus was recorded in West Africa.
There have been 12 major outbreaks of the virus “Marburg” Since 1967, most of them are in southern and eastern Africa.
Marburg virus belongs to the same family EbolaIt has previously spread elsewhere across Africa in Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda.
An outbreak of Marburg virus begins when an infected animal, such as a monkey or fruit batThe virus is transmitted to a person, who in turn transmits it to another person through contact with the body fluids of an infected person.