The WHO is monitoring the emergence of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Reuters
A medic works in an isolation unit during an Ebola scare in Guinea, West Africa. AFP
The virus spreads between humans when blood or other bodily fluids from an infected person come into contact with the broken skin or mucous membranes of another person.
It takes between two days and three weeks for the disease to emerge after exposure to the virus. AFP
A health worker in 2005 outside a hospital in Uige, Angola, where victims of the Marburg virus were treated.
The Marburg virus originates in fruit bats. AP
Symptoms include fever, headaches, muscle aches and pains, diarrhoea and vomiting. AFP
The WHO is monitoring the emergence of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Reuters
A medic works in an isolation unit during an Ebola scare in Guinea, West Africa. AFP
The virus spreads between humans when blood or other bodily fluids from an infected person come into contact with the broken skin or mucous membranes of another person.
It takes between two days and three weeks for the disease to emerge after exposure to the virus. AFP
A health worker in 2005 outside a hospital in Uige, Angola, where victims of the Marburg virus were treated.
The Marburg virus originates in fruit bats. AP
Symptoms include fever, headaches, muscle aches and pains, diarrhoea and vomiting. AFP
The WHO is monitoring the emergence of the Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea. Reuters
