The Marburg virus poses an additional danger to our lives. Pandemics, like never before, frighten the scientific world.
I almost have been identified in Ghana. Ma the Covid pandemic has taught us which, unfortunately, what happens far away can also reach us. Con disastrous results.
But what what is Maburg virus? Let’s find out how it manifests itself this disease, the causethe transmissibility and what are the fears of scientific world.
We are therefore really in theit was pandemics (?). Someone had said it some time ago. But evidently it was not a “prophecy” pronounced at random. The reason for the massive spread of old and new diseases is soon said. Every day, around the world, billions of people leave their country. For holidays, work or survival. They also bring with them diseasessome of which potentially very dangerous.
What is the Marburg Virus, the words of the experts and the global alarm
Il Name of this virus it is probably unknown to most peoplebut in the meantime we can say that belongs to the Ebola familythe terrible disease highly deadly for man.
As reported by the information divulge from WHO and ISSl’Ebola is spread through the exchange of blood / secretions / body fluids of infected subjects. Animals or humans, dead or alive. In Africa, infection has also been recorded following contact with chimpanzees, gorillas, fruit bats and other animals.
It seems that the Marburg virus also follows the same “contagion technique”. To date, two patients have died in Ghana who had been diagnosed with the disease. Which the scientific community defines in no uncertain terms “Highly lethal”.
Il coursein fact, it is fast but nefarious. Infected individuals manifest first high fever, severe headache, vomiting and diarrhea. After about a week the former may appear bleedingwhich in the vast majority of cases lead to death.
Le past epidemics of this kind of virus they have distinguished themselves for very high mortality rates, from 24 to 88%. The difference was calculated based on the strain of the virus and how the outbreak was dealt with.
Francis Kasolorepresentative ofOMS in Ghanaregarding the two cases just discovered, he stated: “Health authorities are on the ground to investigate the situation e prepare for a possible response to the outbreak. We are working closely with the country to increase detection, track contacts and be ready to control the spread of the virus“.
Panic, fear but also “consistency”
Il scientific world globally you are obviously dealing with the case of the two patients who died in Ghana. For this virus, as well as for many other diseases, there is always a monitoring shared by experts from around the world.
It’s also true that according to the words of Carlo Federico Pernoclinical virologist and head of Microbiology and Immunology Diagnostics at the Bambino Gesù pediatric hospital in Rome, we can be “relatively calm”.
According to the WHO, “In Africawhere the more serious epidemicsthe burial ceremonies and the direct contact with the corpse of the dead probably have played a non-negligible role in dissemination of the disease.”
Furthermore, always according to Professor Perno, viruses of this kind behave in a “self-limiting” manner and infections develop in “limited” numbers. It also appears that the Viruses in Marburglike others, do damage mostly in malnourished peopleo with serious previous health problems. We add the different general hygienic conditions, as well as the quality of hospital services, immediate intervention in case of suspicion. Of course attention must be therebut it must also remain del healthy reasoning.