Doctors in the U.S. should be on the lookout for cases of Marburg virus, a rare but deadly infection that belongs to the same family as Ebola, the CDC says.
Link copiedDoctors in the U.S. should be on the lookout for cases of Marburg virus, a rare but deadly infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an alert on Thursday.
Equatorial Guinea, meanwhile, confirmed 14 Marburg cases between Feb. 7 and April 5, according to the CDC. Ten of those were fatal. Amira Roess, a global health and epidemiology professor at George Mason University, said Marburg cases appear to be more prevalent and widespread in the current outbreak compared to past ones.
Marburg cases can look similar to Ebola. Symptoms usually start with a fever, chills, headache or muscle aches, followed by a rash along with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Some patients may also get a sore throat or chest or stomach pain. No vaccine or antiviral treatment is approved to treat Marburg, but the CDC said that 32 laboratories and eight regional treatment centers in the U.S. can test for the disease.
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