Marburg Fever -- Kenya
In 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 in Uganda,
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2gVsvxT
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