I think I know the symptoms, you start to bleed from everywhere and then you die.
But what's up with USAT? July 28:
What is the Marburg virus? What you need to know Ghana outbreak, symptoms and prevention.
Ghana has confirmed the first two fatal cases of Marburg virus disease, a deadly infliction in the same family as the Ebola virus. The two patients died in the same hospital in late June and their tests, which came up positive on July 1, were confirmed later by a lab in Senegal.
The life-threatening virus is highly contagious, and has no known cure or approved vaccine. Here's what you need to know about the symptoms, spread and treatment for the Marburg virus disease....
... How deadly in the Marburg virus?The average fatality rate, according to the WHO is about 50%. Depending on the strain of the virus and the nature of the outbreak and public health measures, the death rate can range between about 25% and 90%....
And as to symptoms, half the people I deal with exhibit symptoms:
- Lethargy
- Non-itchy rash
- Bleeding from nose, gums, vagina
- Blood in feces, vomit
- Confusion, irritability, aggression in severe cases
In the words of esteemed epidemiologist Sting:
Don't stand so
Close to me
Don't stand so
Close to me
If interested see also this March 2022 post:
So, About This Crimean Hemorrhagic FeverMore accurately, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
The introduction to a February 1, 2020 post:
....I've mentioned that one of my doctors has a tropical medicine sub-specialty. His verdict:
Coronavirus is virulent, but not that virulent. It's deadly but not that deadly.[*]
His advice? Stay away from areas with active Ebola and Marburg, in fact all the hemorrhagic fevers; don't smoke, lose five or ten pounds.
He tells everyone to lose 5 or 10 pounds.
He doesn't seem all that impressed with Wuhan coronavirus.
And yes, yes Covid-19 has killed 400,000 people in the U.S. under President Trump, and 600,000 under President Biden and 5,145,239 people in the rest of the world but the last time I saw him he said the jury was still out on just how deadly the coronavirus is and he's part of a group working on why white folk seemed so much more susceptible than people on his native continent, Africa, and I should see if I could drop another 5 - 10 pounds.....
[*]for chronological reference, six weeks after the good Doctor told me that, Dr. Fauci was saying: "COVID-19 Travel Update: Fauci Says Cruising Is OK If You Are Healthy" - Forbes, March 9, 2020
