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The first tests on the patient isolated in Valencia are negative for Marburg fever
The 34-year-old man, admitted to Hospital La Fe, was in Equatorial Guinea. The analyzes will be repeated in the coming days to confirm the results.
FERRAN BONO ORIOL GÜELL
Valencia / Barcelona - 25 Feb 2023 - 00:18 Updated:FEB 25 , 2023 - 08:59 EST
The PCR tests carried out at the Carlos III Health Institute have ruled out for the moment that the suspected case of the disease caused by the Marburg virus admitted to the La Fe Hospital in Valencia suffers from the infection. The patient, a 34-year-old man, presented compatible symptoms, and was in Equatorial Guinea for a period of time "that could correspond to the incubation and development of the disease," as reported late Friday by the Ministry of Health. .
“The results are encouraging, but new tests will have to be carried out in about two days to definitively rule out the case. A first negative in the initial phase of symptoms does not allow the disease to be completely ruled out”, however, Salvador Peiró, an epidemiologist at the Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of the Valencian Community, has warned.
As reported by the Ministry of Health, the tests have also ruled out the presence of the Ebola virus in the samples analyzed.
Until the results are confirmed, the patient will remain isolated at Hospital La Fe in Valencia, a reference center in the autonomous community. This has been the first case detected in Spain suspected of having contracted this virus similar to Ebola, which also causes hemorrhagic fever, at least with official proof of its existence.
The Government of the African country declared a health alert on the 13th in the face of an outbreak of the Marburg virus that had caused the death of nine people in the province of Kie Ntem, on the mainland and near the border with Cameroon. In addition, there were 16 people who were in contact with the deceased isolated in various hospitals. To prevent the spread of the outbreak, the Government decreed that 4,325 people remain in quarantine at their homes, according to the information provided at the time by the Guinean Administration.
The biological samples from the patient admitted to Valencia were sent to the reference laboratory of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid for case study. The Ministry transferred the man from a private hospital to the High Level Isolation Unit of the La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital in Valencia, "which guarantees the safety of both his care and the protection of the health professionals who treat him." says the health department
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Health reports that the sample from the patient isolated in Valencia is negative for the Marburg virus
They were investigating the case of a 34-year-old man with symptoms compatible with the disease who was in Equatorial Guinea
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25.02.2023 | update 2:55 p.m. ByRTVE.es / EFE
The Ministry of Health has reported that the genetic test for the Marburg virus carried out by scientists from the Carlos III Health Institute rules out the presence of this virus in the sample submitted. The presence of the Ebola virus has also been ruled out.
The Department of Health of the Valencian Community had activated the protocol in the event of a suspected case of suffering from the Marburg virus disease, similar to Ebola and whose outbreak was detected on the 13th in Equatorial Guinea.
As reported by the Generalitat, the patient's biological samples had been sent to the reference laboratory of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid for possible confirmation of the case or, otherwise, discard it.
This is a 34-year-old man who presents symptoms compatible with the disease and who was in Equatorial Guinea during a period of time that could correspond to the incubation and development of the disease.
The patient was transferred from a private hospital and had been admitted to the High Level Isolation Unit of the La Fe Hospital in Valencia , "which guarantees the safety of both his care and the protection of the health professionals who treat him," according to Health. .
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Health rules out the presence of the Marburg virus and Ebola in the Valencia patient
The health workers who have been in contact with him are still under observation
GABRIELA GARRIDO
Created:25.02.2023 15:26
Last update:25.02.2023 15:32
The Ministry of Health has reported this Saturday that the genetic test for the Marburg virus carried out by scientists from the Carlos III Health Institute rules out the presence of this virus in the sample sent from the patient suspected of suffering from the disease and who is admitted to Valencia. . Likewise, the presence of the Ebola virus has been ruled out, the Ministry of Health has detailed. The Valencian Community activated the protocol this Friday in the event of a suspected case of this virus in a 34-year-old man who was in Equatorial Guinea for a period of time that could correspond to the incubation and development of said disease.
As reported by the Ministry of Health, the patient's biological samples were sent to the reference laboratory of the Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid for possible confirmation of the case. The patient has been transferred from a private hospital and is admitted to the High Level Isolation Unit of the La Fe de Valencia University and Polytechnic Hospital, which guarantees the safety of both his care and the protection of the health professionals who care for him. treat.
The health workers who have had contact with the possible case of the virus follow the necessary measures to prevent the transmission of the virus and those who care for the patient use the relevant individual protection. The Ministry of Health has assured EFE that the health professionals and the hospital as a whole are preventively following the protocol established for the management, handling and transfer of suspected cases of disease from this virus.
The danger of this pathogen and the caution given the possibility of it "jumping" to Europe led Spanish Public Health experts, both from the Ministry of Health and from the communities, to update the action protocol for the early detection and management of cases. They did so last Monday during the meeting of the Report on Alerts, Preparation and Response Plans, attached to the Interterritorial Council, a very active body in the development of guidelines for the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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