A rare, highly contagious Ebola-like virus has claimed eight lives in Rwanda, and U.S. health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak.
No cases related to the Rwanda outbreak have been reported in the United States, and the current risk to Americans is low, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andreported. "We are intensifying contract tracing and testing to help stop the spread."reported. The first six deaths occurred Saturday. Most of those affected are healthcare workers in six districts of the central African nation. , Marburg originates in fruit bats.
A person exposed to Marburg may develop symptoms anywhere from three days to three weeks later. Symptoms include muscle pains, The CDC has had a presence in Rwanda since 2002. Among other things, it works with the Rwandan government to investigate disease outbreaks.was first identified in 1967 after causing simultaneous disease outbreaks in laboratories in Marburg, Germany and Belgrade, Serbia. Seven people exposed to the virus while conducting animal research died.
The World Health Organization said outbreaks of the disease and individual cases have previously been recorded in Tanzania, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Ghana.Get more information on bacterial skin infections, which bacteria cause food poisoning, sexually transmitted bacteria, and more. Explore the most common bacterial infections.
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