Dutch Marburg patient dead

[Marcel]

Looks like ebola like virusses can occure in the Netherlands as well. Poor woman.

Dutch woman dies from Marburg virus caught in Uganda - Yahoo! News

THE HAGUE (AFP) - A Dutch woman infected during a holiday to Uganda by the contagious Marburg virus, which is similar to Ebola and causes heavy bleeding, died overnight, health authorities announced Friday.
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"The Dutch woman who contracted Marburg during her holiday in Uganda died last night at the Leiden University Medical Centre," the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) said in a statement.

It was reported Thursday that about 100 people who may have had contact with the woman were under surveillance. RIVM said they had been asked to take their temperature regularly but none of them had yet reported any symptoms.

The woman, aged 40, visited a cave known for its large bat population when she was in Uganda, and RIVM said this was probably where she was infected.

She began experiencing symptoms a few days after her return, and on July 5 was hospitalized. When her condition worsened she was transferred to the Leiden center on July 7 and was "fully isolated," RIVM said.

The Marburg virus causes haemorrhagic fever, a rare syndrome that involves fever and bleeding. The disease is very rare but very serious and is contagious, being spread through body fluids.

"The chance of the virus spreading through the Netherlands is very small," RIVM said in a statement Thursday, while the Dutch news agency ANP said the contagious period lasted 21 days.

Other read:
Dutch woman dies of Ebola-like fever

 

[Heinz]

Indeed Marcel, poor woman,

 

[syscom3]

Anyone read "The Demon In The Freezer"?

 

[Marcel]

Anyone read "The Demon In The Freezer"?

Nope, what's that?

 

[syscom3]

Nope, what's that?

Do an internet search for a review.

Its quite disturbing.

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