Please post your Marburg threads links to this page when you have a chance--thank you.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0404_050404_ebolagorilla.html
This has some enlightening info...its about ebola ....
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no4/bardi.htm
this is unrealted but offers insight into what they think about situations like this...
http://www.mcb.uct.ac.za/ebola/ebonew18.html
very old speculation...interesting info though
http://www.asyl.net/Magazin/Docs/docs-15/L-24-26/L8820ang.htm
also old but relevent info on Angolan press
I transferred your links to this thread. Thanks for making them.
Marburg Discussion Links:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395692/posts
Marburg kills 280 (latest numbers)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395137/posts
Minster of Helath confimrs that Marburg virus is being eliminated.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1395268/posts
Al-Qaeda tries to enter Angola 22/10/2004 12:07 - (SA)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394976/posts
Eastern Cape children rushed to hospital with typhoid
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394375/posts
Hospital Errors Jeopardize Angola Virus Battle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394282/posts
Diary from Angola's virus frontline: Part III
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1394327/posts
Growth Rate Graphs
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1393689/posts
Update 16
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392887/posts
DRC and Congo: Marburg haemorrahagic fever Information Bulletin No. 1 (4 suspect cases in DRC)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392578/posts
Marburg outbreak claims 253 lives in Angola
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392130/posts
Nyangabgwe Gets Ready for Marburg (Marburg in Botswana?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1391752/posts
Hemorrhagic Fever Fatality in Bata Equatorial Guinea
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1391688/posts
Diary from Angola's virus frontline: Part II
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1391034/posts
Mysterious Viruses as Bad as They Get
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390842/posts
Specialists Say 'Healers' in Angola Are Helping to Spread Deadly Virus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390754/posts
WHO Fears Marburg Spreading in Africa
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1390083/posts
A Fever's Deadly Path (The worst outbreak of Marburg fever isn't reined in yet)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389737/posts
Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola - update 15
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1389739/posts
Angola at critical stage in Marburg battle
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1388779/posts
Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola - update 14
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1387868/posts
ANGOLA: Cultural practices raise risk of Marburg spreading
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1387423/posts
Angolan Optimistic About Containing Marburg Virus Outbreak
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385541/posts
Marburg Toll in Angola Balloons to 255
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386803/posts
Stronger measures needed in Marburg Fever outbreak in Angola (from Doctors Without Borders)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384559/posts
WHO: Marburg Spreads But Angola Isolation Ward Empty
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385131/posts
Stalking a Deadly Virus, Battling a Town's Fears
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1384749/posts
Doctors face daunting task in tracking deadly virus in Angola
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383901/posts
Interim Guidance about Marburg Virus Infection
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382773/posts
Launch of a flash funding appeal for Marburg Outbreak
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383359/posts
Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola - update 11
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383860/posts
Marburg haemorrhagic fever in Angola - update 12
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383294/posts
No end in sight to Angola's killer virus outbreak, says WHO
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383002/posts
Experts: Marburg Outbreak Could Become Long-Term Crisis
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383098/posts
Diary from Angola's virus frontline
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382511/posts
Marburg Toll in Angola Rises to 237 - 11 in Luanda
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382773/posts
Launch of a flash funding appeal for Marburg Outbreak
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382422/posts
Marburg outbreak not likely a global threat - US
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381928/posts
In Angola's Teeming Capital, a Suspected Virus Carrier Dies Alone (Nosocomial Infection?)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1382106/posts
Government Sets Up Marburg Watch At Hosea Kutako Airport
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381800/posts
Death outruns Angola's effort to control a virus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1381197/posts
Killer virus red alert as more die April 11, 2005 (South Africa goes on high alert)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380791/posts
Marburg Airborne Transmission in Angola?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380832/posts
Marburg's Behavior Bewilders Scientists
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380625/posts
To Stop Deadly Virus in Angola, Group Seeks Hospital's Closing (Much bad news here)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1380293/posts
Marburg virus in Angola not under control: WHO
> Please post your Marburg threads links ...
Here are links to CDC and WHO on the outbreak:
http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/marburg.htm
The only thing that's changed recently at either site, and
not yet discussed on FR, might be the CDC guidance for
aircrews:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/other/marburghf/marburg_airlines_2005.htm
http://www.who.int/hac/crises/ago/appeal/Flash_2005_Angola.pdf
Something to read on a slow news day. Interesting. Price of Bleach went up 10x in April in Uige.
US Embassy update:
For Immediate Release
May 5, 2005 U.S. Embassy, Office of Public Affairs
EMBASSY LATEST WARDEN MESSAGE ON THE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER IN UIGE PROVINCE, ANGOLA
The United States Embassy Luanda recommends against travel to Uige province, Angola due to an outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever. As of May 5, 2005, the Ministry of Health reported 313 cases and 280 deaths over a five-month period. The Angolan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control-Atlanta are cooperating to identify recommended public health measures and treatment.
For additional information on Marburg hemorrhagic fever and infectious diseases consult the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's hotline for international travelers at 1-877-FYI-TRIP (1-877-394-8747) or the CDC's Internet site at CDC-ATLANTA CDC-ATLANTA and consult the World Health Organization's (WHO) website at WHO.INT
The United States Consular Section in Luanda can be reached by telephone at (244) (2) 371-645 or by email at luandaconsular@yahoo.com. The Embassy website is www.usembassy.gov/angola
As of May 5, 2005, there are no new case of Marburg hemorrhagic fever in Luanda, Cabinda, Kwanza Sul, Kwanza Norte and Malange provinces. There are no reports of people contracting the disease in those provinces, as well as there are no active cases now reported in those regions. In Uige province, 12 new cases and 9 deaths were reported within Uige city. Out of this total 1 case and 1 death were reported in Bembe municipality. In Damba, Songo, Negage, Puri and Maquela do Zombo municipalities no new case was reported. Health officials recommend that normal sanitary precautions should be used, including frequent hand washing, to minimize any chance of exposure.
It is not clear if the 12 cases/9 deaths are in addition to the 313/280 or a clarification of someof the numbers.
ping