Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (Marburg Fever)
什么是Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (Marburg Fever)？
Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever is caused by a virus in the same family of viruses as Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever virus. It causes a severe illness with up to an 80 percent mortality rate. The disease usually begins with a small number of cases, but it can spread to a larger number of people through direct contact with someone already infected. Although the reservoir in nature for this virus is unknown, it is suspected that various kinds of fruit bats residing in caves may harbour this virus. It may also infect other animals, like monkeys.
The risk of infection is highest when the ill patient is vomiting or bleeding, since these symptoms produce infected secretions.
如何获得Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (Marburg Fever)？
The initial infection may result from visiting a cave where infected bats live or by contact with infected dead monkeys. The exact way in which the virus initially infects humans is not clear. However, the major risk for spreading the disease involves close personal contact (without personal protective equipment) with body fluids while caring for an infected person.
易感性和抗性
All people are susceptible to infection with this virus.
症状是什么？
Symptoms are similar to those of Ebola, i.e., sudden onset of fever, weakness, headache and muscle aches and pains. A sore throat followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and then haemorrhaging from various sites occurs in severe and fatal forms of the disease. Bleeding leads to liver damage, central nervous system symptoms and eventually to shock and failure of many internal organs.
预防措施
预防包括避免与蝙蝠或死灵长类动物接触。应避免照顾没有防护装备的病人，或准备尸体以掩埋怀疑患有马尔堡的患者。尽管普通旅客的风险很低，但是在发生马尔堡病毒的地区，从事动物研究或为患者提供医疗服务的医护人员的风险增加。
处理
There is no specific treatment for this disease other than general supportive measures until the patient recovers.
它常见于哪里？
在安哥拉，肯尼亚，津巴布韦，刚果民主共和国和乌干达已爆发该病。
