Even though the world slowly returned to normal, the fear of Coronavirus still won.
Add to this, there are many new viruses and mushrooms, which have made life difficult for all of us.
Fear of other virus outbreaks – Marburg Virus has increased after revelation that the person who captured the virus last week had died and might spread to 155 more people.
The first case of the disease has appeared in Guinea in West Africa.
Experts believe that it is a disease such as Ebola, which can be 88 percent fatal and does not have a drug or treatment.
This is a matter of concern because this disease can spread far and wide.
Health authorities in West Africa now monitor 155 people who may come into contact with infected people.
The person died in Gueckedou in the southeast of Guinea, which is also the location of the West African Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016.
The potential for transmission of viruses between bat colonies and humans also causes an increased risk for cross-border deployment.
This shows a high risk at the national level, which requires direct and coordinated responses with support from international partners.
Risks related to global levels are low.
Here all you need to know about Marburg viruses.
Marburg and Ebola are closely related and transmitted between humans usually through contact with blood or other body fluids.
The death rate for the Marburg virus in the past outbreak has varied from 24 percent to 88 percent of those infected.
The only difference between Ebola and Marburg is that there is no special medicine or vaccine available for the Marburg virus.
There is only supportive treatment.
Marburg’s disease is very contagious and causes hemorrhagic fever.
Two major outbreaks that occurred simultaneously in Marburg and Frankfurt in 1967 led to the initial recognition of this disease.
This outbreak is associated with laboratory work using African green monkeys imported from Uganda, reporting the World Health Organization.
Human infection with Marburg’s virus was originally the result of a prolonged exposure or a cave inhabited by the Blousettus Bat.
After an individual infected with a virus, it can spread through human transmission to humans through direct contact such as damaged skin, mucus, secretion, blood and from the surface and material contaminated with this liquid.
Treatment
Early supportive care with rehydration and symptomatic treatments increases survival opportunities.
There is no licensed treatment to neutralize the virus.
But various blood products, immune therapy and drug therapy are currently being developed.
Symptoms of Marburg Virus Disease
The incubation period varies from 2 to 21 days.
The initial symptom of the virus includes high fever, severe headaches and severe malaise.
Pain and muscle pain are common features.
Abdominal cramps, pain, severely juicy diarrhea, nausea may also begin on the third day.
Diarrhea can last for a week.
The current patient’s appearance when infected with a virus has been described as displaying the features drawn “Ghost-Like”, deep eyes, extreme lethargy and expressionless faces.
Fatal cases usually have some form of bleeding, often from several areas.
Fresh blood from vomiting and feces along with nose gums and vagina are also visible.
The involvement of the central nervous system can result in confusion, irritability and aggression.
In severe cases, deaths occur most often between 8 and 9 days after onset symptoms.
Diagnosis
It is difficult to clinically distinguish MVDs from other forms of infectious diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, meningitis, shigellosis and viral hemorrhagic fever.
The diagnostic method used to confirm virus infection is made using the following diagnostic method.
– Antibodies capture immunosorben tests related to enzymes
– Antigen-capture detection test
– serum neutralization test
– Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain (RT-PCR) Assay
– Electron microscope
– Virus isolated by cell culture
The samples collected from patients are the risk of extreme biohazard.
All specimens must be packed using a triple packaging system when transported nationally and internationally.