Health authorities in Africa have been battling two unprecedented outbreaks of the Ebola-like viral hemorrhagic fever.
Symptoms can begin as early as two days after exposure to as late as three weeks after. in Equatorial Guinea since the outbreak was declared on February 13, with 10 dead. An additional 23 probable cases have been identified, the WHO said Thursday.Most experts think the two outbreaks stemmed from separate so-called"spillover events" from animals to humans, the CDC says.
Authorities have warned that cases in Equatorial Guinea have been detected across a wide swath of the country with no known links between patients, suggesting that the virus is spreading undetected among people in the region. "Though we do not know yet the origin of the Marburg outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, we do know that there continues to be increased capacity in Africa to recognize and test samples for viral haemorrhagic fevers like Marburg and Ebola," the World Health Organization's Dr. Tieble Traore said April 4There are no direct flights from either country to the U.S.
"Currently, no enhanced domestic travel measures are recommended, as the overall risk in the United States is considered low at this time," the CDC's alert says.
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