Ghana has officially confirmed two cases of Its health service said Marburg virus, a highly contagious disease similar to Ebola on Sunday after 2 people who He later died and the test result was positive for virus earlier this month.
Tests were done in Ghana came back positive on July 10, but results It had to be checked by the laboratory in Senegal for Cases to be considered confirmed, according to the World Health Organization.
More tests at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar, Senegal, upheld resultsGhana Health Services (GHS) said in a permit. GHS works for reduce Which risk of The spread of the virus, including isolation of All contacts identified, none of those who have developed She said no symptoms yet.
just this second the outbreak of Marburg in West Africa. The first since when of The virus has been detected last year in Guinea, with No other cases have been identified. the two patients in South Ashanti region Both had had symptoms, including diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting, before dying in WHO said earlier.
There have been dozens of major Marburg virus outbreaks since 1967, most of them in South and East Africa. Death rates varied between 24% and 88%. in past outbreak by on Virus strain and case management, according to the World Health Organization.
