As the Ebola virus ravages western and
central Africa , one of its virulent
cousins has turned up in the opposite
corner of the continent. Ugandan
authorities report that a healthcare
worker in Kampala, the country’s
capital, died on Sep. 28 of Marburg
virus, a hemorrhagic fever with similar
symptoms to Ebola. The 30-year-old
radiographer had come down with
symptoms about 10 days earlier, said
the health ministry.
Does this augur another terrifying
outbreak like the one that’s killed more
than 3,400 in western Africa?
Probably not. One of the reasons the
Ebola virus has killed so many is that
this is the first time it’s turned up in
western Africa, and the region’s
governments have lacked the expertise
and infrastructure to contain the virus’
spread.
Not so in Uganda. Since both Marburg
and Ebola crop up periodically there,
the health ministry is practiced at
containment in a way that Liberia,
Sierra Leone and Guinea simply aren’t.
Ugandan authorities say they’ve already
quarantined the 80 people who came in
contact with the patient.
In addition, Marburg’s incubation
period is only 14 days, compared with
Ebola’s 21, making it relatively easier
to limit the virus’ spread.
Why do these viruses seem to be flaring
up more often? While it’s not yet clear
where the Ugandan patient contracted
Marburg, in general, this is likely
happening because, as mining and
agricultural industry push further into
tropical forests, humans are coming
into contact with infected animals
much more frequently. Several
Marburg outbreaks, for instance, have
begun by infecting miners .
Forests are home to what are called the
viruses’ “reservoir hosts ,” the animal
populations that harbor a virus in
between human outbreaks but are
immune to its symptoms. While
Marburg hides out in fruit bats , other
similar viruses thrive in rodent
populations.
No one knows for certain where
Ebola lies low in between epidemics,
which makes it hard to anticipate
where future outbreaks will occur.
However, some research suggests that,
like Marburg, fruit bats also incubate
Ebola.
Bats are excellent at this because they
hang out in huge colonies, packed
tightly into caves, which makes it easy
for the virus to spread among them.
And the more a virus leaps from host to
host, the greater the chance for it to
mutate into a form even deadlier to
humans. Scientists suspect that
primates or monkeys are first infected
with the virus after eating fruit tainted
with urine or other bat fluids. They
then pass the virus on to humans.
Oddly enough, the first documented
outbreak of Marburg wasn’t in Africa at
all—but in Europe. In 1967, the then-
unnamed virus killed seven and
sickened 24 others in Germany and
Yugoslavia. The first to fall ill with the
strange virus were pharmaceutical
factory workers in the German town of
Marburg (hence the virus’ name),
followed by lab pathologists and
veterinary researchers in Frankfurt and
Belgrade.
The virus also spread among the
patients’ wives and hospital staff caring
for the infected. It turned out that all of
the original patients had worked with
wild monkeys shipped from Uganda to
Yugoslavia, and then on to Germany.

www.qz.com/276617/first-ebola-now-marburg-heres-why-deadly-viruses-are-on-the-rise-in-africa/

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More source

www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2014/10/05/ugandan-health-worker-dies-of-marburg-ebola-relative/



www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/06/what-is-marburg-the-ebola-like-virus-that-killed-a-health-care-worker-in-uganda/



www.news.yahoo.com/man-dies-ebola-marburg-virus-uganda-192903000.html

If this be the case, then it spells double trouble for our dear continent.
However, it (marburg) can be contained and surmounted if governments of african states see it as a huge threat to the continent and collectively move in quickly to fight it rather than allow it gain grounds like in the case of the ebola virus disease (EVD).

From the write up above, I think Marburg is relatively easy to limit the spread.