never heard of it before, so im reading up a little.
i expect we may see new outbreaks of diseases that do better in wetter warmer climates as climate change really kicks in.
my general expectation is with increasing humidity the tropical diseases will become common place in the USA.
Quote:The WHO, which is working with Ugandan health authorities to contain the outbreak, has followed up with 135 contacts of the patients, Jašarević said. Some positive news has come of these investigations: Blood tests showed no infection in two health care workers who had previously been classified as suspected cases.
Still, several hundred people may have been exposed to the virus at health facilities and at traditional burial ceremonies in the Kween district, according to the WHO.
https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/resource...table.html
Quote:*Numbers reflect laboratory confirmed cases only.
1998-2000 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) death rate 83%
2004-2005 Angola Uige Province, Angola death rate 90%
thats quite a mind boggler, specially considering that is only the lcinically confirmed cases and there would have probably been atleast another 25% of deaths on top.
Egyptian Fruit bats seem to be quite common.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus#Ecology
Quote:Experimentally infected bats developed relatively low viremia lasting at least 5 days, but remained healthy and didn't develop any notable gross pathology. The virus also replicated to high titers in major organs (liver and spleen), and organs that might possibly be involved in virus transmission (lung, intestine, reproductive organ, salivary gland, kidney, bladder and mammary gland). The relatively long period of viremia noted in this experiment could possibly also facilitate mechanical transmission by blood sucking arthropods or infection of susceptible vertebrate hosts by direct contact with infected blood.[citation needed]
"Don't Eat the Fuit !" ?????????????
Quote:The Marburg strains had a mean root time of the most recent common ancestor of 177.9 years ago (95% highest posterior density 87–284) suggesting an origin in the mid 1800s.