There are no more cases of Lethal Marburg virus in Guinea so far: Who

Geneva: The WHO said on Friday that no further Marburg cases have been identified so far in Guinea but contacts of fatal cases are being monitored twice a day during critical incubation period.
West Africa first recorded a deadly virus case, which was associated with Ebola, confirmed on Monday.
The virus, which was carried by the bat and had a mortality rate of up to 88 percent, found in a sample taken from patients who died on August 2 in Guinea’s South Guinea Prefecture.
“So far, there are no further Marburg cases since the index case,” said spokesman for the World Health Organization Fadela Chaib told reporters in Geneva.
He said that on Friday, 150 fatal cases had been identified.
The incubation period of the interval virus from infection to onset of symptoms varies from two to 21 days.
“We have entered a critical period of time where anyone who is exposed to the virus will most likely experience symptoms.
This makes supervision especially important today and the team monitors contact twice a day.
Playback for suspect cases also takes place,” Choib said).
“Efforts are ongoing to find people who might be related to patients.” The discovery came only two months after the end of the Ebola outbreak of the two Guinea, which began last year and claimed 12 lives.
Although Marburg and Ebola are members of the same family, they are different viruses and can only be distinguished through laboratory testing.
Early rehydration and symptomatic treatments increase survival opportunities.
No licensed treatment proved to neutralize the virus, but various blood products, immune therapy and drug therapy were under development, Choib said.