The Marburg Virus: An Overview

Symptoms and Signs of Marburg Virus Disease

In about five to 10 days of period ,the symptoms of Marburg virus infection usually comes to know.

Early symptoms are as follows:

– Fever

– Chills

– Muscle aches

– Headache

About five days after the symptoms first occur, other symptoms may occur as follows:

A rash occurs on the chest, back, and stomach in some individuals.

– Nausea.

– Vomiting.

– Chest Pain.

– Sore Throat.

– Abdominal Pain.

– Diarrhea may appear.

Symptoms continue and severe condition can occur; they include the following.

– Jaundice

– Pancreatic inflammation

– Weight loss

– Delirium

– Liver failure

– organ dysfunction.

The case death rate ranges from about 23%-90% of infected individuals. Many of the symptoms are similar to those of other infectious diseases such as Ebola,Typhoid fever,Malaria and others; so diagnostic tests are useful to rule out other causes of the symptoms.No later than about 14 days after exposure people exposed to Marburg virus usually show signs of infection , but because the clinical symptoms resemble Ebola Virus disease, most people are placed in isolation for 21 days.