Marburg identified in Angola

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Luanda - An outbreak of haemorrhagic fever, that has claimed the lives of 96 people in northern Angola, was caused by the Marburg virus, Angola's deputy health minister said on Tuesday.

The Marburg disease, a severe form of haemorrhagic fever in the same family as Ebola, was first recognised in 1967 and is indigenous to Africa, affecting both humans and primates.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. If it really is Marburg, why did it take so long to identify? n/t

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2. Physical transport and time to run the tests:

"Angolan deputy health minister Joseph Van Dunem said results from 12 samples sent to the US Centres for Disease Control had detected the virus."

But if you prefer something else, I expect that is fine. There is
a wide variety of these little beasts to choose from.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Yeah. It's just these are such scary bugs that I should expect the

turnaround to be faster in identifying a known virus. Maybe I expect too much. Just glad that it isn't yet another 'previously unknown'.