Fears Ebola-like virus with 88% death rate has hit Ghana as fever sparks ‘serious concern’

Marburg virus is a haemorrhagic fever considered to be extremely dangerous.

It is transmitted to humans by a species of fruit bats and between people via body fluids and broken skin.

Disease from the virus can cause bleeding (haemorrhage), fever, and other symptoms similar to Ebola, such as high fever, severe headache and malaise. Many patients develop severe haemorrhagic signs within seven days.

Case fatality rates have varied from 24 percent to 88 percent in past outbreaks.

The two patients from the southern Ashanti region were unrelated and they showed symptoms including diarrhoea, fever, nausea and vomiting.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1637742/ebola-virus-marburg-ghana-outbreak-death-rate