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@HelenBranswell

1. @WHO has issued an update on the #Marburg outbreak in Equatorial Guinea. It is not reassuring. A 🧵
Before getting into it, a note on the Marburg outbreak in Tanzania. WHO says the case count remains at 8, with 5 deaths. If accurate, this outbreak doesn't seem to be growing.

2. Equatorial Guinea: The case count is up to 38 confirmed & probable #Marburg cases; at least 89% are dead. Authorities don't know the identify/whereabouts/disease outcome of 1 case. (shudder)
The most recent case tested positive on April 7. Not yet clear how s/he got infected.

3. There is no reason to think this outbreak is coming under control. Equatorial Guinea is lucky in that #Marburg doesn't seem to transmit as well as Ebola; Marburg outbreaks have historically been smaller. But one can't assume a Marburg outbreak will be small. See Angola 2004-05

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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"In #EquatorialGuinea, WHO is on the ground with partners, supporting the Ministry of Health to respond to the #Marburg outbreak. We have deployed teams to assist with case finding, clinical care, logistics, and community engagement"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros "The number of officially reported #Marburg cases remains at 9, with 7 deaths, in three provinces. However, these three provinces are 150 kilometres apart, suggesting wider transmission of the virus"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1641068319061995521?s=20

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

Boy, I goofed. I confused in my memory banks two different original outbreaks -- Lassa and Marburg, mis-recalling things I wrote nearly 30 years ago.
I apologize. And here, I will quote a section of THE COMING PLAGUE referring to #Marburg in a thread.

2/"In August 1967 three factory workers in #Marburg, German, reported in sick, suffering from muscle aches & mild fevers. The three men were employed at Behringwerke AG, the vaccine-producing subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Hoechst AG, and though their ailments looked.."
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"...like nothing more than flu, it was quite unusual for influenza to appear during Germany's hot summer months. The men were referred to #Marburg University Hospital.
The following day the three became nauseated, their spleens enlarged and were tender to the touch..."
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Dr Noor Bari

@NjbBari3

Aerosol exposure of monkeys to #Marburg virus.

Experimental conditions. Uniformly fatal.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

“…however, for the 2 cases in tourists visiting Uganda in 2008, unprotected contact with infected bat feces or aerosols are the most likely routes of infection.”

cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/tr…

Archived. 🙄

web.archive.org/web/2023032608…

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Helen Branswell 🇺🇦

@HelenBranswell

1. #Marburg in Equatorial Guinea: @WHO's @DrAbdiMahamud says like other countries when the first deal with a viral hemorrhagic fever outbreak, Equatorial Guinea is on a learning curve. Said with a first outbreak, countries can be tempted to think "this could go away."

2. @DrAbdiMahamud said with evidence of additional #Marburg cases spread out over 3 provinces in Equatorial Guinea, the country has now "recommitted" to combatting the outbreak.
Case count: 9 confirmed, 20 probables.

3. A concerning detail about the Equatorial Guinea #Marburg outbreak: Of the 8 most recent positive cases, 6 are dead, 1 is alive & one is ... unknown. A sample tested positive, but there was no identifying info on the sample. (see bottom of page 2. guineasalud.org/archivos/Orden…

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Laurie Garrett

@Laurie_Garrett

The #MarburgVirus is a cousin of #Ebola & there are outbreaks now in Equatorial Guinea, on the borders of Gabon & Cameroon & on other side of Africa, in Tanzania, all on the heels of Ghana outbreak last year. @WHOAFRO @WHO & African CDC are mobilized.
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who.int/emergencies/di…

There are 6 major subtypes of #Marburg which is a bat-carried hemorrhagic RNA virus. The subtypes seem to have different fatality rates in humans -- up to 100%. The current strains have not yet been genotyped, so it is unclear what is going on, @WHO says.
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It's possible these are coincident events.
It's also possible something is going on w/bat populations across equatorial Africa, which would be worrying.
@WHO 's Dr. Abdi Rahman Mahamoud just said in presser there are "more questions than answers."
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who.int/news-room/fact…

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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"On Tuesday, #Tanzania confirmed its first known cases of #Marburg virus disease. So far, 8 cases have been confirmed, including 5 deaths. More than 160 contacts have been identified and are being monitored"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1638525444054982656?s=20

@DrTedros "National responders trained jointly by WHO and the @CDCgov have been deployed to the affected region to carry out further investigations, monitor contacts and provide clinical care"-@DrTedros #Tanzania #Marburg

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1638906120134696961?s=20

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Kai Kupferschmidt

@kakape

There is finally an update on the #Marburg situation in Equatorial Guinea:
Total now stands at 9 confirmed and 20 probable cases. A month ago there was only one confirmed case.

27 of these cases have died (including all probable and 7 out of 9 lab confirmed cases)

https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1625878133936214016

13 March: two positive tests from Kié-Ntem province
15 March: a case from Litoral province tests positive
„The two provinces (Kié-Ntem and Litoral) are located in different parts of the country, about 150 kilometers apart“

18 and 20 March: 3 more cases confirmed from Litoral province.
20 March: 2 more laboratory confirmed cases reported from Centre Sur province.

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Satyaagrah

@satyaagrahindia

#WEF | World Economic Forum officially began to advertise the Marburg virus, the PCR test and the vaccine against it🤔

weforum.org/agenda/2023/02…

#WEFpuppets #Vaccine #Virus #ClownWorld #BillGates

#Marburg the Next #Pandemic | #WEF already launching #propaganda campaign for the next "#Catastrophic Contagion", the next #Plandemic | #MarburgVirus 🙆‍♂️
20-year-old clip from #AlexJones and Dr #RimaLaibow telling us about all that has been happening all these years

#ClownWorld

#WHO is already getting ready for the next planned "pandemic" ... they have already started introducing the global population to the existence of the next coming planned "pandemic" now!! -> Marburg Virus.

#WEFpuppets #Vaccine #Virus #ClownWorld #BillGates #ClimateScam

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Helen Branswell 🇺🇦

@HelenBranswell

1. @WHO has finally issued an update on the #Marburg situation in Equatorial Guinea. The "finally" is not criticism of WHO. They issue these with info provided by an affected country & sometimes countries are not eager to share information.
The situation is complex.
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2. There has only been 1 confirmed case of #Marburg so far, but that is mainly because 8 other people suspected of having had the disease died without testing. This is Equatorial Guinea's first #Marburg outbreak & @WHO is concerned about the country's capacity to cope.

3. There have been no cases in health workers yet, a blessing given 1 of the people who died was in a health care setting at death. People who are dying of Marburg are teeming with virus; preparing bodies for burial often results in infection, which may have been the case here.

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Rob Swanda

@ScientistSwanda

The indications of a Marburg virus infection can be very similar to other illnesses or conditions. However, symptoms can become increasingly severe as the disease progresses. This can lead to deadly consequences such as multi-system organ failure.

While diagnosis of #Marburg can be difficult and requires a molecular diagnostic test, if you are in an area with an outbreak and experiencing any symptoms it is important to be evaluated.

More information on Marburg virus infection symptoms can be found at the CDC: cdc.gov/vhf/marburg/sy…

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NZ and the MRNA

@HopeRising19

3 weeks after the first human trials of the Marburg vaccine show "promising results", the WHO makes an official announcement regarding concerns of a Marburg outbreak in Africa

https://twitter.com/i/status/1626825846156828675

what a relief we have the vaccine to fall back on AND they are already telling us development can be speeded. It is being developed at USA's National Institutes of Health NIH where Faucci is the Director

#Marburg

niaid.nih.gov/news-events/ma….

the investigational vaccine appeared to induce strong, long-lasting immunity to the MARV glycoprotein: 95% of participants in the trial exhibited a robust antibody response after vaccination, and 70% maintained that response for more than 48 weeks.

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SEIMC

@SEIMC_

📃Decálogo de recomendaciones preliminares urgentes #GTUAAN-@GepiSeimc -#SEIMC sobre manejo clínico de #pacientes en españa en el contexto del brote de enfermedad por #virus #marburg en Guinea Ecuatorial 🇬🇶 🧵

Podéis descargar el documento aquí: seimc-rc-2023-recomendaciones_marburg.pdf

@javimembrillo et Al. A fecha de la emisión de este documento, según @WHO-AFRO y el #CCAES hay 9 fallecidos, 16 sospechosos y 4.000 personas en #cuarentena. GTUAAN-GEPI-SEIMC emite las siguientes #recomendaciones para ayuda en la implementación de medidas en centros sanitarios:

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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"Last night I returned from #Syria, where I visited areas affected by last week’s devastating earthquake. I saw the destruction of entire communities, the unspeakable suffering of people, & the courage & determination of survivors & responders"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1625415692152348674?s=20

@DrTedros "In Aleppo, I met people in temporary shelters set up by community and religious groups;

I saw neighbours supporting each other with bedding, clothes and food;

I saw health workers providing medicines and consultations"-@DrTedros #Syria

https://twitter.com/DrTedros/status/1624674108767174658?s=20

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Dr. Lynn Fynn-derella🐭

@Fynnderella1

This will become potentially relevant. Just an FYI;)

https://twitter.com/fynn_fan/status/1481682399171952644

More to ponder-

https://twitter.com/fynnderella1/status/1443976615306960942

Raise you hand if you know the intermediate host of #Marburg.

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Helen Branswell 🇺🇦

@HelenBranswell

1. Does it feel like we're seeing far more filovirus outbreaks (#Ebola, #Marburg) in recent years? It does to me so I plotted outbreaks into a graph. No lab accident cases, or outbreaks with only lab animals, ie 1967 Marburg. Each outbreak is only counted on the year it started.

2. Likewise, I didn't count spread to other countries as distinct outbreaks, like the #Ebola cases in Spain, the US & Nigeria, etc from the 2014 West African outbreak.
So it definitely feels like #Ebola & #Marburg outbreaks have been more frequent since the mid-1990s.

3. Some of that increase in frequency could be real. Climate change? Better detection of outbreaks. But some of it is probably due to the fact that #Ebola outbreaks beget more Ebola outbreaks. The more Ebola survivors there are, the higher the risk of survivor-ignited cases.

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Helen Branswell 🇺🇦

@HelenBranswell

1. #Marburg: Concerning details from @WHO about the Marburg outbreak in Ghana. The 2 newest cases (#3 & #4) are the wife & child of the first case, who died June 27. @SoceFallBirima says the child was infected through contact with the mother, not Case #1. The child has died.

2. The wife, #Marburg case #3, refuses to go to a treatment center where she can be safely cared for. She is in a prayer camp, where the practice of laying on of hands is used to try to heal people, @SoceFallBirima said. The response team is trying to negotiate her transfer.

3. This is a dangerous situation which could result in a number of additional #Marburg cases in the Ghana outbreak.

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Helen Branswell 🇺🇦

@HelenBranswell

1. A short #Marburg 🧵
@WHO issued an update on the cases of Marburg in Ghana today. It didn't declare the outbreak over, but it did say that all 108 known contacts of the 2 cases have gone through 21 days without becoming sick, so they are in the clear. Good news.

2. However, investigations into the two men — both of whom died — have not revealed how they contracted #Marburg. Hard to rule out the possibility there might be other, as yet undetected cases. This is the first time Marburg has been detected in Ghana.

3. Both men were from the Ashanti region of Ghana, the most heavily populated part of the country. One of the men — the first to seek care — had traveled to the western part of Ashanti before he became ill & he was buried in the Savannah region. It was not a safe burial.

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World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

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"I am concerned that cases of #COVID19 continue to rise - putting further pressure on stretched health systems and health workers - and deaths are unacceptably high"-@DrTedros

@DrTedros "The Emergency Committee on #COVID19 met on Friday last week and concluded that the virus remains a Public Health emergency of International Concern"-@DrTedros

https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1546855797694529538?s=20&t=tXcGU5kI4faU0ZIpNeXMkQ

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F.Yldrm 🇹🇷

@FrhtYldrm_34

#WHO #Gana, iki #Marburg virüsü hastalığı vakasının ön bulgusunu açıkladı ve eğer doğrulanırsa, bunlar ülkede kaydedilen bu tür ilk enfeksiyonlar olacaktır.
➡️ ow.ly/7yyo50JQZRr

#Gana, iki #Marburg virüsü hastalığı vakasının ön bulgusunu açıkladı ve eğer doğrulanırsa, bunlar ülkede kaydedilen bu tür ilk enfeksiyonlar olacaktır. Marburg, daha iyi bilinen #Ebola virüsü hastalığı ile aynı aileden yüksek derecede bulaşıcı viral hemorajik ateştir.

Ülkenin Noguchi Memorial Tıbbi Araştırma Enstitüsü tarafından iki hastadan alınan örneklerin ön analizi, Vaka'ların Marburg için pozitif olduğunu gösterdi.

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Hero900

@Hero9004

Via #vincenzotrasmissioni @eretico_l
Callender:"nelle persone a cui sono stati iniettati "vaccini" mRNA (che in realtà non sono vaccini) sono state installate nanotecnologie che trasportano carichi utili di virus chimerici incluso il virus Marburg"
#5G
#Marburg

Via #vincenzotrasmissioni

Tecnologia che distruggerà l'azienda olandese ASML: in Russia è iniziato lo sviluppo di una fotolitografia

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