Thursday, 2 November 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Marburg virus disease - Kenya (02): (TN) NOT

Marburg Fever -- Kenya
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has ruled out Ebola and Marburg viruses in blood samples taken from suspected patients in Trans Nzoia county.
On [Tue 31 Oct 2017] 4 people from Bwayi area of Kwanza constituency were quarantined over a suspected outbreak of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that had many fearing of an Ebola outbreak. It had been reported that the 4 were infected by suspected patients from neighboring Uganda who had arrived in the area on [31 Oct 2017] seeking

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2AbyI0W

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