American doctors should be on the lookout for Ebola-like symptoms amid fears one of the world’s deadliest pathogens has reached the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned.
The CDC published an emergency warning about the rare Ebola-like Marburg virus, advising American public health officials and doctors to be on the lookout.
There are two confirmed outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea.
The pathogen likely spilled over from wild animals to humans, according to the CDC.So far, there have been no reported Marburg diagnoses in the U.S.However, the CDC seeks to “increase awareness of the risk of imported cases in the United States.”The disease is usually spread through contact with infected blood or other bodily fluids rather than airborne transmission.“Currently, the risk of MVD in the United States is low; however, clinicians should be aware of the potential for imported cases,” the […]
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