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Message Subject >>>EBOLA 2014-15 >> Latest News and Updates for MERS, Ebola and other spreading nasties<<<
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Possible spread of Marburg into Kenya. Note the report mentions the case tested negative after close encounter with a confirmed individual. Yet the negative case died with symptoms consistent with Marburg virus. False negatives anyone? This virus is extremely rare, I will be doing some digging on testing assay methods and see what I can find. We know from experience with Ebola that false negatives are rather likely at certain stages of the virus and given poor sample handling, hot temperatures, and long time or distance traveled you can expect to see some degradation of the samples. Also don't forget that the Ebola transport plane n173pa was in Kenya, just across the border from Uganda cases one day before the index case was admitted to the hospital and several days before results were released. They had pre knowledge. The flights also are hidden and do not show the complete path, only that they land in Nairobi. Since the plane arrived it has made several trips back and forth.

03 NOVEMBER 2017 | NAIROBI – The World Health Organization is helping the Kenyan Ministry of Health guard against the spread of Marburg Virus Disease from neighbouring Uganda.

Health authorities are strengthening preparedness measures in Trans Nzoia and West Pokot counties along the border with Uganda, where an outbreak was officially declared on 19 October.

Although no MVD cases have been confirmed in Kenya, the Ministry of Health has set up a national task force to coordinate all rapid response activities, including WHO, the Kenya Red Cross Society, the the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and UNICEF. Several joint teams have been deployed to conduct risk assessments and initiate contact tracing and surveillance in Trans Nzoia and West Pokot.

WHO is supporting enhanced surveillance and lab testing, an active search for potential cases and their contacts, community engagement, and isolation and treatment units.
 
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