{"id":12070,"date":"2024-10-21T11:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T15:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/?page_id=12070"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T14:44:04","slug":"marburg-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/news\/marburg-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FAQs<\/a> \u2666 Rwanda Outbreak<\/a> \u2666 Healthcare Professionals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

Overview<\/h3>\n
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Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)<\/span><\/span><\/a> is a rare and severe hemorrhagic illness<\/a> caused by <\/span>the Marburg virus.<\/span> MVD occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. <\/span>It affects people and nonhuman primates, such as monkeys<\/span>.<\/span> Between 20<\/span>-<\/span>90 percent of people with the disease will die.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On December 20, 2024, the Government of Rwanda declared the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease over<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0following the recovery of the last patient 42 days ago.\u00a0 There were no cases of MVD in Virginia or the United States.<\/p>\n

For more information on this outbreak, see the <\/span>outbreak section<\/span><\/a> below.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)<\/span><\/span><\/a> is a rare and severe hemorrhagic illness caused by <\/span>the Marburg virus.<\/span> MVD occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. <\/span>It affects people and nonhuman primates, such as monkeys<\/span>.<\/span> Between 20<\/span>-<\/span>90 percent of people with the disease will die.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, there are no<\/strong> cases of Marburg in Virginia or the United States. The risk of infection with this virus in the United States is low<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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\u00a0MVD <\/span>symptoms<\/span><\/a> start 2-21 days after exposure to the virus.\u00a0 Early symptoms include:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n