its Marburg virus not ebola again :- Five Ugandans in isolation after Ebola-like Marburg virus death

Health officials in East Africa country Uganda said on Monday that they are continuing to monitor five people  who are suspected to have contracted the Ebola virus -like Marburg virus, even though all expected cases of ebola virus so far have tested negative.

A technician who is said to be 34 years old died from Marburg on September 28, 11 days after contacting the virus at the Mengo hospital in the capital where he worked, sparking alarm in the east African nation.


"However   primary health care minister Sarah Opendi Achieng said in a statement on Monday that all the suspected cases have been thoroughly and professionally investigated, and have all tested negative for the Marburg virus.

Further more she said  five people are in medical isolation as doctors monitor and observe  their health as a precautionary measure.

However the  Marburg virus is one of the most deadly known pathogens. Like Ebola, it causes severe bleeding, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea and has a 21-day incubation period.

The government of Uganda has made repeated appeals to the public "to remain alert" and observe the precautions to control the spread of the virus.

the Marburg virus is also transmitted via contact with bodily fluids and fatality rates range from 25 to 80 percent.

The Ebola epidemic that has been raging in west Africa has so far claimed over 4,000 lives, with Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone worst hit.

A Marburg outbreak in Uganda in October 2012 killed 10 people.

For the merburg virus history visit or click on this link http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_virus