First case of deadly Ebola-like virus that ‘could spread far and wide’ has been confirmed
Experts have warned it could "spread far and wide" and needs to be nipped in the bud.Credit: AP:Associated PressDr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's regional director for Africa, said: “The potential for the Marburg virus to spread far and wide means we need to stop it in its tracks.
“We are working with the health authorities to implement a swift response that builds on Guinea’s past experience and expertise inAccording to a WHO alert, the case was found a man from Guinea, in the Gueckedou province near the borders of Sierra Leone and Liberia - raising fears it could cross into those countries.
The patient developed symptoms on July 25, before going to a small health clinic near his village on August 1.Guinea's new case comes just two months after the country was declared free of Ebola followingAn investigation has been launched to find the source of the infection and any other possible contacts, the WHO said.
The virus is from the same pathogen family as Ebola, but has no known treatments or vaccines - and a fatality rate as high as 88 per cent. Marburg virus was first identified in 1967 in both Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia.It is transmitted to people via fruit bats and spreads between human through bodily fluids.
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