Giuseppe
Emeritus
[VIA ECDC] End to Marburg risk 1 August 2008
The risk of further spreading of the Marburg virus in the Netherlands has come to an end.
On 11 July 2008, a Dutch woman died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a serious illness caused by the Marburg virus, which she had contracted in Uganda during a visit to a bat cave.
Three weeks have passed since people last came into contact with the patient.
One can become ill up to 21 days after being in contact with a Marburg patient.
A hundred and thirty people who had been in contact with the patient during the infectious period were asked to check their body temperature twice a day.
They no longer need to do this now.
None of the people monitored have been infected with the Marburgvirus.
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http://www.rivm.nl/en/persberichten/end_to_marburg_risk.jsp
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The risk of further spreading of the Marburg virus in the Netherlands has come to an end.
On 11 July 2008, a Dutch woman died of Marburg haemorrhagic fever, a serious illness caused by the Marburg virus, which she had contracted in Uganda during a visit to a bat cave.
Three weeks have passed since people last came into contact with the patient.
One can become ill up to 21 days after being in contact with a Marburg patient.
A hundred and thirty people who had been in contact with the patient during the infectious period were asked to check their body temperature twice a day.
They no longer need to do this now.
None of the people monitored have been infected with the Marburgvirus.
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http://www.rivm.nl/en/persberichten/end_to_marburg_risk.jsp
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