Marburg virus

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Guinean health officials are monitoring 172 contact cases of a man who died of Marburg virus, Health Minister Remy Lamah said Thursday.

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The male case is doubtless the same one that was posted on 11 Aug 2021 (see Marburg virus disease - Guinea (02): (GU) conf, WHO 20210811.8585938). The female case is a new, 2nd person infected with the virus. Although these are the 1st confirmed human infections with this virus in West Africa, this virus was found previously in neighboring Sierra Leone in 5 Egyptian rousette, or fruit bats (_Rousettus aegyptiacus_) (see Marburg virus disease - Sierra Leone: bat 20200125.6916732 and citation below).

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	https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-08-guinea-contact-cases-marburg-virus.html Guinean health officials are monitoring 172 contact cases of a man who died of Marburg virus, Health Minister Remy Lamah said Thursday. https://promedmail.org/ The male case is doubtless the same one that was posted on 11 Aug 2021 (see Marburg virus disease - Guinea (02): (GU) conf, WHO 20210811.8585938). The female case is a new, 2nd person infected with the virus. Although these are the 1st confirmed human infections with this virus in West Africa, this virus was found previously in neighboring Sierra Leone in 5 Egyptian rousette, or fruit bats (_Rousettus aegyptiacus_) (see Marburg virus disease - Sierra Leone: bat 20200125.6916732 and citation below).