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| ==Overview==
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| The Marburg virus causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever in humans with a case fatality rates that have ranged from 24% to 88%. <ref>http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs_marburg/en/</ref> Rousettus aegypti, fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, are considered to be natural hosts of Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through human-to-human transmission. No specific antiviral treatment or vaccine is available.
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| ==Historical Perspective==
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| *Marburg haemorrhagic fever was initially detected in 1967 after simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg, from which the disease takes its name, and Frankfurt in Germany; and in Belgrade, Serbia.
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| *Subsequently, outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa (in a person with recent travel history to Zimbabwe) and Uganda.
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| | {{SK}} Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Marburg virus disease, Green monkey disease, Vervet monkey disease |
| |+'''''Chronology of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreaks''''' ({{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/resources/outbreak-table.html |title= Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever |website= Center for Disease Control and Prevention|publisher= Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)}})
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| ! style="background: #DCDCDC;" |1967
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Germany and Yugoslavia
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Uganda
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |31
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |7 (23%)
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Simultaneous outbreaks occurred in laboratory workers handling African green monkeys imported from Uganda 1 In addition to the 31 reported cases, an additional primary case was retrospectively serologically diagnosed. <ref name="pmid8800808">{{cite journal| author=Feldmann H, Slenczka W, Klenk HD| title=Emerging and reemerging of filoviruses. | journal=Arch Virol Suppl | year= 1996 | volume= 11 | issue= | pages= 77-100 | pmid=8800808 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8800808 }} </ref>
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| ! style="background: #DCDCDC;" |1975
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Johannesburg, South Africa
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Zimbabwe
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |1 (33%)
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |A man with a recent travel history to Zimbabwe was admitted to hospital in South Africa. Infection spread from the man to his traveling companion and a nurse at the hospital. The man died, but both women were given vigorous supportive treatment and eventually recovered.<ref name=AO>{{cite web | title = WHO |http://whqlibdoc.who.int/wer/WHO_WER_1975/WER1975_50_121-128%20%28N%C2%B012%29.pdf url =}}</ref>
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| ! style="background: #DCDCDC;" |1980
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Kenya
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Kenya
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |1 (50%)
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Recent travel history included a visit to Kitum Cave in Kenya's Mount Elgon National Park. Despite specialized care in Nairobi, the male patient died. A doctor who attempted resuscitation developed symptoms 9 days later but recovered<ref name="pmid6122054 [">{{cite journal| author=Smith DH, Johnson BK, Isaacson M, Swanapoel R, Johnson KM, Killey M et al.| title=Marburg-virus disease in Kenya. | journal=Lancet | year= 1982 | volume= 1 | issue= 8276 | pages= 816-20 | pmid=6122054 [ | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=6122054 }} </ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |A 15-year-old Danish boy was hospitalized with a 3-day history of headache, malaise, fever, and vomiting. Nine days prior to symptom onset, he had visited Kitum Cave in Mount Elgon National Park. Despite aggressive supportive therapy, the patient died on the 11th day of illness. No further cases were detected<ref name="pmid22046196">{{cite journal| author=Mehedi M, Groseth A, Feldmann H, Ebihara H| title=Clinical aspects of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. | journal=Future Virol | year= 2011 | volume= 6 | issue= 9 | pages= 1091-1106 | pmid=22046196 | doi=10.2217/fvl.11.79 | pmc=PMC3201746 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22046196 }} </ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Laboratory contamination.<ref name=Marburg>{{cite web | title =Marburg |http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/download/pdf/9417733.pdf =}}</ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Most cases occurred in young male workers at a gold mine in Durba, in the north-eastern part of the country, which proved to be the epicentre of the outbreak. Cases were subsequently detected in the neighboring village of Watsa.<ref name=Marburg>{{cite web | title =Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Associated with Multiple Genetic Lineages of Virus|http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa051465 =}}</ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Outbreak believed to have begun in Uige Province in October 2004. Most cases detected in other provinces have been linked directly to the outbreak in Uige<ref name="pmid16775337">{{cite journal| author=Towner JS, Khristova ML, Sealy TK, Vincent MJ, Erickson BR, Bawiec DA et al.| title=Marburgvirus genomics and association with a large hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Angola. | journal=J Virol | year= 2006 | volume= 80 | issue= 13 | pages= 6497-516 | pmid=16775337 | doi=10.1128/JVI.00069-06 | pmc=PMC1488971 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16775337 }} </ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Uganda
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Small outbreak, with 4 cases in young males working in a mine. To date, there have been no additional cases identified<ref name=Marburg>{{cite web | title =Outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever Among Miners in Kamwenge and Ibanda Districts, Uganda, 2007|http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/204/suppl_3/S796.full =}}</ref>
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |A 40-year-old Dutch woman with a recent history of travel to Uganda was admitted to hospital in the Netherlands. Three days prior to hospitalization, the first symptoms (fever, chills) occurred, followed by rapid clinical deterioration. The woman died on the 10th day of the illness.
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| ! style="background: #F5F5F5;" |Testing at CDC/UVRI identified a Marburg virus disease outbreak in the districts of Kabale, Ibanda, Mbarara, and Kampala over a 3 week time period<ref name="pmid23001720">{{cite journal| author=Kuhn JH, Bao Y, Bavari S, Becker S, Bradfute S, Brister JR et al.| title=Virus nomenclature below the species level: a standardized nomenclature for natural variants of viruses assigned to the family Filoviridae. | journal=Arch Virol | year= 2013 | volume= 158 | issue= 1 | pages= 301-11 | pmid=23001720 | doi=10.1007/s00705-012-1454-0 | pmc=PMC3535543 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23001720 }} </ref>
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| *The recent report of Marburg heemorrhagic fever is in Uganda in October 2014. 99 people have been quarentined after the death of infected patient.
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| ==Pathophysiology== | | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever overview|Overview]]== |
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| [[Marburg virus]] is the causative agent of Marburg haemorrhagic fever (MHF). Marburg and [[Ebola viruses]] are the two members of the [[Filoviridae family]] ([[filovirus]]). Though caused by different viruses, the two diseases are clinically similar. The viral structure is typical of [[filovirus]]es, with long threadlike particles which have a consistent diameter but vary greatly in length from an average of 800 [[nanometer]]s up to 14,000 nm, with peak infectious activity at about 790 nm. ''[[Virion]]s'' (viral particles) contain seven known structural [[protein]]s. While nearly identical to [[Ebola]] virus in structure, Marburg virus is [[antigen]]ically distinct from Ebola virus — in other words, it triggers different [[antibodies]] in infected organisms. It was the first [[filovirus]] to be identified. The Marburg virus was briefly described in the book written by [[Richard Preston]] entitled [[The Hot Zone]]. | |
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| ===Transmission=== | | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever historical perspective|Historical Perspective]]== |
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| Originally, human infection results from prolonged exposure to mines or caves inhabited by Rousettus bats colonies. The reservoir host of Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus. Primates (including humans) can become infected with Marburg virus, and may develop serious disease with high mortality.
| | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever classification|Classification]]== |
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| Transmission is mainly human-to-human, resulting from close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons. Burial ceremonies where mourners have direct contact with the body of the deceased can play a significant role in the transmission of Marburg. Transmission via infected semen can occur up to seven weeks after clinical recovery.
| | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever pathophysiology|Pathophysiology]]== |
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| Transmission to health-care workers has been reported while treating Marburg patients, through close contact without the use of correct infection control precautions. Transmission via contaminated injection equipment or through needle-stick injuries is associated with more severe disease, rapid deterioration, and, possibly, a higher fatality rate.
| | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever causes|Causes]]== |
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| ==Differentiating Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever from other Diseases== | | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever differential diagnosis|Differentiating Marburg hemorrhagic fever from other Diseases]]== |
| The differential diagnoses usually include
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| *Other [[Viral haemorrhagic fever]]s
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| * The [[clinician]] must treat the most likely cause of the fever according to local [[epidemiology]] and the appropriate treatment guidelines.
| | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology and Demographics]]== |
| * If the [[fever]] continues after 3 days of recommended treatment, and if the patient has [[signs]] such as [[bleeding]] or [[shock]], the [[clinician]] must consider a VHF.
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| * It is important to review the patient’s history for any contact with someone who was ill with [[fever]] and [[bleeding]] or who died from an unexplained [[illness]] with [[fever]] and [[bleeding]].
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| * If no other cause is found for the patient’s [[signs]] and [[symptoms]], the [[clinician]] must suspect a VHF.
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| * Shown below is a table summarizing the typical findings of the differential diagnoses of MHF.
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| | style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" | '''[[Shigellosis]] & other bacterial enteric infections'''
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| ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever risk factors|Risk Factors]]== |
| Both Marburg and [[Ebola]] hemorrhagic fevers are rare and have the capacity to cause dramatic outbreaks with high fatality rates.
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| Two large outbreaks that occurred simultaneously in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1967, led to the initial recognition of the disease. The outbreak was associated with laboratory work using African green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) imported from Uganda. Subsequently, outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa (in a person with recent travel history to Zimbabwe) and Uganda. In 2008, two independent cases were reported in travelers who visited a cave inhabited by Rousettus bat colonies in Uganda.
| | ==[[Marburg hemorrhagic fever natural history, complications and prognosis|Natural History, Complications and Prognosis]]== |
| [[File:Distribution map of Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever.png |thumb|center|500px| <SMALL><SMALL> ''[(http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/)]''<ref name="CDC">{{Cite web | title = The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | url =http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/ }}</ref></SMALL></SMALL>]]
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| ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis==
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| Case fatality rates in Marburg haemorrhagic fever outbreaks have ranged from 24% to 88%.
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| ===Symptoms===
| | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever history and symptoms| History and Symptoms]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever physical examination | Physical Examination]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever laboratory findings|Laboratory Findings]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever other imaging findings|Other Imaging Findings]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever other diagnostic studies|Other Diagnostic Studies]] |
| Because many of the signs and symptoms of Marburg hemorrhagic fever are similar to those of other infectious diseases, such as [[malaria]] or [[typhoid]], diagnosis of the disease can be difficult, especially if only a single case is involved. The incubation period (interval from infection to onset of symptoms) varies from 2 to 21 days. The disease is spread through [[bodily fluid]]s, including [[blood]], [[excrement]], [[saliva]], and [[vomit]] and a history of such contact should be solicited.
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| *Early symptoms are often non-specific and appear after an incubation period of 3-9 days. They include the following.
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| * After five days, a macropapular [[rash]] is often present on the [[trunk]].
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| *Later-stage Marburg infection is acute and can include the following.
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| :*Multi-organ dysfunction with liver failure most common. Accounts of external [[hemorrhage|hemorrhaging]] from [[Body orifice|bodily orifices]] are pervasive in popular references to the disease but are in fact rare. The time course varies but symptoms usually last for one to three weeks until the disease either resolves or kills the infected host. The fatality rate is between 23-90% and more. <ref>
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| *If a patient survives, recovery is usually prompt and complete, though it may be prolonged in some cases. These symptoms may include inflammation or secondary infection of various organs, including: [[orchitis]] ([[testicle]]s), [[hepatitis]] ([[liver]]), [[transverse myelitis]] ([[spinal cord]]), [[uveitis]] ([[eye]]s), or [[parotitis]] ([[parotid gland|salivary glands]]).
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| *Many patients develop severe haemorrhagic manifestations between 5 and 7 days, and fatal cases usually have some form of bleeding, often from multiple areas. Fresh blood in vomitus and faeces is often accompanied by bleeding from the nose, gums, and vagina. Spontaneous bleeding at venepuncture sites (where intravenous access is obtained to give fluids or obtain blood samples) can be particularly troublesome.
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| *During the severe phase of illness, patients have sustained high fever.
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| *Involvement of the central nervous system can result in confusion, irritability, and aggression. Orchitis has been reported occasionally in the late phase of disease (15 days).
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| *In fatal cases, death occurs most often between 8 and 9 days after symptom onset, usually preceded by severe blood loss and shock.
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| Marburg virus infections can be diagnosed definitively only in laboratories, by a number of different tests:
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| Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA);
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| Tests on clinical samples present an extreme biohazard risk and are conducted only under maximum biological containment conditions.
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| ==Treatment== | | ==Treatment== |
| ===Acute Medical Therapy===
| | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever medical therapy|Medical Therapy]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever surgery|Surgery]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever primary prevention|Primary Prevention]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever secondary prevention|Secondary Prevention]] | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever future or investigational therapies|Future or Investigational Therapies]] |
| Severe cases require intensive supportive care, as patients are frequently in need of intravenous fluids or oral [[rehydration]] with solutions containing [[electrolytes]].
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| No specific treatment or vaccine is yet available for MHF. Several vaccine candidates are being tested but it could be several years before any are available. New drug therapies have shown promising results in laboratory studies and are currently being evaluated.
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| Precautionary measures are needed in pig farms in Africa to avoid pigs becoming infected through contact with fruit bats. Such infection could potentially amplify the virus and cause or contribute to MHF outbreaks.
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| In the absence of effective treatment and human vaccine, raising awareness of the risk factors for Marburg infection and the protective measures individuals can take to reduce human exposure to the virus, are the only ways to reduce human infections and deaths.
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| During MHF outbreaks in Africa, public health educational messages for risk reduction should focus on:
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| Reducing the risk of bat-to-human transmission arising from prolonged exposure to mines or caves inhabited by fruit bats colonies. During work or research activities or tourist visits in mines or caves inhabited by fruit bat colonies, people should wear gloves and other appropriate protective clothing (including masks).
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| Reducing the risk of human-to-human transmission in the community arising from direct or close contact with infected patients, particularly with their body fluids. Close physical contact with Marburg patients should be avoided. Gloves and appropriate personal protective equipment should be worn when taking care of ill patients at home. Regular hand washing should be performed after visiting sick relatives in hospital, as well as after taking care of ill patients at home.
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| Communities affected by Marburg should make efforts to ensure that the population is well informed, both about the nature of the disease itself and about necessary outbreak containment measures, including burial of the dead. People who have died from Marburg should be promptly and safely buried.
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| Human-to-human transmission of Marburg virus is primarily associated with direct contact with blood and body fluids, and Marburg virus transmission associated with provision of health care has been reported when appropriate infection control measures have not been observed.
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| Health-care workers caring for patients with suspected or confirmed Marburg virus should apply infection control precautions to avoid any exposure to blood and body fluids and to direct unprotected contact with possibly contaminated environment. Therefore, provision of health care for suspected or confirmed Marburg patients requires specific control measures and reinforcement of standard precautions, particularly hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment (PPE), safe injection practices, and safe burial practices.
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| Laboratory workers are also at risk. Samples taken from suspected human and animal Marburg cases for diagnosis should be handled by trained staff and processed in suitably equipped laboratories.
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| ====WHO response====
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| WHO has been involved in all past Marburg outbreaks by providing expertise and documentation to support disease investigation and control.
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| Recommendations for infection control while providing care to patients with suspected or confirmed Marburg haemorrhagic fever is provided in the: Interim infection control recommendations for care of patients with suspected or confirmed filovirus (Ebola, Marburg) Haemorrhagic Fever, March 2008.
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| WHO has created an aide–memoire for standard precautions in health care. Standard precautions are meant to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens. If universally applied, the precautions would help prevent most transmission through exposure to blood and body fluids. Standard precautions are recommended in the care and treatment of all patients regardless of their perceived or confirmed infectious status.
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| They include the basic level of infection control and include hand hygiene, use of personal protective equipment to avoid direct contact with blood and body fluids, prevention of injuries from needle sticks and from other sharp instruments, and a set of environmental controls.
| | ==Case Studies== |
| | [[Marburg hemorrhagic fever case study one|Case#1]] |
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| ==References==
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| ==Sources==
| | [[Category:Disease]] |
| WHO Fact sheet http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs_marburg/en/
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