The first person that was infected with the Marburg virus was Klaus F. who was an employee at the Behring Works vaccine factory in Marburg, Germany. The Behring Works vaccine factory produced vaccines using kidney cells from imported monkeys of Uganda. These monkeys supposedly carried the disease which quickly spread causing them to die. From monkeys, the virus jumped to the human population, infection Klaus who cleaned up after the monkeys. Thirty-one people caught the disease, while seven died “in pools of blood” (Preston 38). The fatality rate of Marburg turned out to be one in four which classified Marburg as a lethal agent. Many people were frightened when this virus came up and doctors thought the world would be coming to an end. Symptoms started small and quickly progressed from a mere headache to “spurts of blood and terminal shock” (Preston 38). Because of its high fatality rate, it is considered one of the most lethal viruses even beating yellow fever which has been classified as a highly lethal virus killing one in twenty patients. Even after much investigation by the World Health Organization, investigators could not find an exact location from where the virus developed from. The closest they got to a location was from central Uganda where the monkeys were imported from to Germany.
In continuation to what Nishrat stated, Musoke was the first known case, since the outbreak in 1967, to have contracted the Marburg virus in Africa. Dr. Musoke contracted the virus after Monet had vomited into Musoke’s mouth (Preston 26) . His infection came 13 years after the Germany outbreak. The Marburg virus had high chances of being carried in primates since in both instance, monkeys were involved during the viral outbreak. Monet probably contracted the virus from the monkeys who lived near his house and ended up with Marburg. Marburg was then passed through his bodily fluids to Dr. Musoke. Dr. Musoke was lucky because he was able to survive his battle against a hot agent. The good thing about this case was that no one in the hospital had developed Marburg even with Musoke working during his symptoms were prominent.
The first person that was infected with the Marburg virus was Klaus F. who was an employee at the Behring Works vaccine factory in Marburg, Germany. The Behring Works vaccine factory produced vaccines using kidney cells from imported monkeys of Uganda. These monkeys supposedly carried the disease which quickly spread causing them to die. From monkeys, the virus jumped to the human population, infection Klaus who cleaned up after the monkeys. Thirty-one people caught the disease, while seven died “in pools of blood” (Preston 38). The fatality rate of Marburg turned out to be one in four which classified Marburg as a lethal agent. Many people were frightened when this virus came up and doctors thought the world would be coming to an end. Symptoms started small and quickly progressed from a mere headache to “spurts of blood and terminal shock” (Preston 38). Because of its high fatality rate, it is considered one of the most lethal viruses even beating yellow fever which has been classified as a highly lethal virus killing one in twenty patients. Even after much investigation by the World Health Organization, investigators could not find an exact location from where the virus developed from. The closest they got to a location was from central Uganda where the monkeys were imported from to Germany.
ReplyDeleteIn continuation to what Nishrat stated, Musoke was the first known case, since the outbreak in 1967, to have contracted the Marburg virus in Africa. Dr. Musoke contracted the virus after Monet had vomited into Musoke’s mouth (Preston 26) . His infection came 13 years after the Germany outbreak. The Marburg virus had high chances of being carried in primates since in both instance, monkeys were involved during the viral outbreak. Monet probably contracted the virus from the monkeys who lived near his house and ended up with Marburg. Marburg was then passed through his bodily fluids to Dr. Musoke. Dr. Musoke was lucky because he was able to survive his battle against a hot agent. The good thing about this case was that no one in the hospital had developed Marburg even with Musoke working during his symptoms were prominent.
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