96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola
{{date|March 23, 2005}}
[[Image:Flag of Angola.svg|180px|right|96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola]]
More than 100 people are dead in [[w:Uige Province|Uige province]] in northern [[w:Angola|Angola]], due to a virus related to the [[w:Ebola|Ebola virus]], known as the [[w:Marburg virus|Marburg virus]], which causes death by bleeding and is both "very virulent" and "very contagious". A longer incubation period without symptoms than that of the Ebola virus has authorities keeping a watchful eye for the disease migrating.

"This is a possibility. The incubation period is 21 days so we must reinforce the surveillance in neighbouring provinces and especially in Luanda," Vice Minister for Health Jose Van Dunem told ''Reuters''.

The virus is transmitted by bodily fluids, including [[w:saliva|saliva]]. Most of the victims have been children under five. There is no cure, but the 70 percent survival rate is somewhat better than the worst form of Ebola, which has a survival rate of only 10 percent.

Symptoms of Marburg include high fever, headaches, nausea with vomiting, and [[w:Diarrhea|diarrhea]] accompanied by blood.

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.co.za/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp;:42410d4f:873ca14e478e439a?type=topNews&localeKey=en_ZA&storyID=7979712 
|title=Rare Marburg virus blamed for 96 deaths in Angola 
|pub=Reuters 
|author=Zoe Eisenstein 
|date=March 23, 2005 }}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4372205.stm 
|title=Angolans die from Ebola-like bug 
|pub=BBC News 
|author=BBC News 
|date=March 22, 2005 }}

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[[pt:Vírus parecido com o Ebola provoca a morte de várias pessoas em Angola]]
96 dead of Ebola-like Marburg virus in Angola
More than 100 people are dead in Uige province in northern Angola, due to a virus related to the Ebola virus, known as the Marburg virus, which causes death by bleeding and is both "very virulent" and "very contagious". A longer incubation period without symptoms than that of the Ebola virus has authorities keeping a watchful eye for the disease migrating.

"This is a possibility. The incubation period is 21 days so we must reinforce the surveillance in neighbouring provinces and especially in Luanda," Vice Minister for Health Jose Van Dunem told Reuters.

The virus is transmitted by bodily fluids, including saliva. Most of the victims have been children under five. There is no cure, but the 70 percent survival rate is somewhat better than the worst form of Ebola, which has a survival rate of only 10 percent.

Symptoms of Marburg include high fever, headaches, nausea with vomiting, and diarrhea accompanied by blood.

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Vírus parecido com o Ebola provoca a morte de várias pessoas em Angola
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