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Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever is a viral infection caused by Marburg virus. The Marburg virus is a RNA virus that is part of the filovirus family (same family as Ebola). Symptoms include:

• sudden onset fever
• chills
• headache
• myalgia
• maculopapular rash (on the 5th day after symptom onset)
• nausea
• vomiting
• chest pain
• sore throat
• abdominal pain
• diarrhea

Symptoms can become more severe and include jaundice, inflammation of the pancreas, severe weight loss, delirium, shock, liver failure, massive hemorrhaging and multi-organ dysfunction.

Marburg is seen in sporadic outbreaks throughout Africa including Uganda, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Angola, and South Africa.

Transmission 
The transmission from the host animal (African fruit bat) is unknown. Person to person transmission can occur from direct contact of droplets of body fluids from an infected person. Transmission can also occur from handling infected non-human primates.

Incubation period is 5 to 10 days. Patients with Marburg should be placed in a single room with the door closed.

Dedicated medical equipment should be used for the patient care.

Use of needles, aerosol-generating and other invasive procedures should be avoided.

Prevention for Patients 
Prevention methods include:

• Avoid contact with African fruit bats
• Do not directly handle anything that might have come in contact with an infected person's body fluids
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