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PRO/AH/EDR> Marburg virus disease – Kenya (TN) ex Uganda: (QW, QP) susp.

Marburg Fever -- KenyaIn Trans-Nzoia County, 4 people have been quarantined over a suspected outbreak of the highly infectious and deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola [Marburg virus disease].Reports indicate that the suspected patients are from neighbouring Uganda and arrived in Bwayi area of Kwanza Constituency on Sun 29 Oct [2017], seeking treatment for "a strange disease" from a local herbalist.The World Health Organisation (WHO), which has issued an alert on the outbreak of the disease Read more [...]