Past and current advances in Marburg virus disease: a review.

Past and current advances in Marburg virus disease: a review. Infez Med. 2020 Sep 01;28(3):332-345 Authors: Asad A, Aamir A, Qureshi NE, Bhimani S, Jatoi NN, Batra S, Ochani RK, Abbasi MK, Tariq MA, Diwan MN Abstract Marburg Virus (MARV), along with the Ebola virus, belongs to the family of Filovirus and is cause of a lethal and severely affecting hemorrhagic fever. The Marburgvirus genus includes two viruses: MARV and Ravn. MARV has been recognized as one of utmost importance by the World Health Organization (WHO). The case fatality rate of the virus ranges from 24.0 to 88.0% which demonstrates its lethal nature and the need for its widespread information. The first case of the Marburgvirus disease (MARD) was reported in 1967 when lab personnel working with African green monkeys got infected in Germany and Serbia simultaneously. Following the initial case, many more outbreaks occurred around the world such as Uganda, Angola, Congo, Kenya and even in the United States in 2008. It was soon found out that the MARV was a zoonotic virus and mainly contracted from animal-to-human contact and further transmitted via human-to-human contact. The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is known to be one of the significant sources of the infection and tourists visiting caves inhabited by these bats or workers accessing mines, populated by the bats, are at an increased risk of contracting the illness. The incubation period ranges from 2-21 ...
Source: Infezioni in Medicina - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infez Med Source Type: research