Once Again, There Is A Marburg's Outbreak Underway In Africa...

We are keeping an eagle's-eye on this one -- as it is a close cousin to. . . ebola. And now a 14 month old has perished.

This time it is in Ghana -- most recently, in 2019 it was Tanzania -- but before that (in 2017), it was in mountainous Uganda. Here is the latest:

. . .The most recent outbreak of the Marburg virus, a disease similar in nature to Ebola, has claimed its first infant victim, according to a new report.

The West African nation of Ghana is currently in the midst of an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The disease was first identified in early July in two deceased men, ages 26 and 51, and it was later recognized as an outbreak by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first time in the disease's history that it has had such an outbreak in Ghana.

An additional fatality was later confirmed in late July, with a fourth being reported on Thursday by the Ghana Health Service. . . .

Contacts of contacts and ring vaccination are the appropriate strategy here. And already missing my youngest boy. . . even though he doesn't fly back to the West Coast until late tomorrow night. With a slightly sad sort of. . . smile.

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