They come in threes: Marburg virus, emerging infectious diseases, and the blood supply

On July 17, in the midst of the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and several months into the monkeypox outbreak currently expanding worldwide, the World Health Organization announced that Ghana had declared its first ever outbreak of Marburg virus [1]. As of July 18, 2 persons have died and almost 100 have been quarantined, raising fears of an impending mass outbreak [1]. This marks only the second time in history this infectious disease has been identified in western Africa, though previous outbreaks and sporadic cases have been reported in various geographic regions of Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Angola, and Uganda, and cases have been imported into Europe and the United States [1].
Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - Category: Hematology Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research