#Another Deadly Virus Out & About!

You are on about Ebola, let me tell you, you haven't seen anything yet. Another virus is out and about and it's even said to be more deadly than Ebola. The recent death of a Ugandan hospital technician from another deadly viral disease, Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (MHF), has brought fresh fears even as the world at large and West Africa in particular is still reeling from the deaths  and panic brought about by the Ebola Virus.

According to the tribune Newspapers, Uganda’s Ministry of Health disclosed that a total of 99 people who had been in contact with the victim had been moved to quarantine. These contacts are being monitored for signs and symptoms of the disease after tests confirmed that the 30-year-old man who worked as a radiographer in a Kampala hospital died of the disease. The man was said to have had a headache, abdominal pains, diarrhoea and vomited blood before he died.
Marburg virus was first identified in 1967, after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg (from which the disease takes its name) and Frankfurt both in Germany, Belgrade, Serbia and Yugoslavia. It was later traced back to monkeys imported from Uganda for laboratory work. Since then, the virus has appeared sporadically, with just a dozen outbreaks on record. The most recent outbreak, also in Uganda, in 2012, killed four out of 15 patients, according to the United States of America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.