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Two Outbreaks of the Ebola-like Marburg Virus Have the Global Health Community on Edge
Two Outbreaks of the Ebola-like Marburg Virus Have the Global Health Community on Edge
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26 minutes
Released:
Apr 10, 2023
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At time of recording, there are two ongoing outbreaks of Marburg Virus Disease, one in Tanzania and the other in Equatorial Guinea. Marburg is in the same family of diseases as Ebola and is extremely deadly, with a case-to-fatality ratio of up to 88%. Humans can become infected through contact with fruit bats, and like ebola, Marburg is transmissible between humans through contact with bodily fluids. joining me to discuss these outbreaks is Dele Ogunseitan, a professor of population, health and disease prevention at the University of California Irvine and a Visiting professor at Stanford University's Center for Innovation in Global Health. He also leads the training and empowerment objective for a USAID project called One Health Workforce Next Generation. We kick off discussing the history of Marburg before having a longer discussion about these two outbreaks and what can be done to stop Marburg from spreading further.
Released:
Apr 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume II: Mark interviews experts from around the UN by Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters