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Ghana has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg virus disease after collaborating with The Institut Pasteur in Dakar in Senegal — a World Health Organization collaborating center — and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Ghana. According to a WHO, samples were collected from two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana. Both patients — now deceased — exhibited symptoms including diarrhea, fever, nausea and vomiting. The patients were not related.
“Health authorities have responded swiftly, getting a head start preparing for a possible outbreak. This is good because, without immediate and decisive action, Marburg can easily get out of hand,” says Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, in a press release. Depending on case management and the viral strain, fatality rates for the Marburg virus can range from 24 percent to 88 percent, according to the WHO. Guinea reported one other case of the Marburg virus in September 2021 but contained it, and the outbreak was considered over after only five weeks.
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