NAIROBI: Ugandan health authorities have confirmed an isolated case of Marburg virus disease, a highly infectious hemorrhagic fever, while conducting surveillance for an Ebola outbreak, Africa’s top public health agency said on Wednesday.
No contacts of the Marburg case have developed symptoms and there is currently no active case in the East African country, a spokesperson for the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added, citing Ugandan authorities.
A spokesperson for Uganda’s health ministry said he was not aware of a Marburg outbreak.
The World Health Organization said it had been notified of a case by Uganda on 30 June, and had informed its member states. “WHO has requested further information and is supporting the local response, including case investigation, active case finding, contact tracing and community engagement,” a WHO spokesperson said.
Africa CDC said the Marburg case was detected in Kyegegwa district in the west of Uganda, in a 1-1/2-year-old child who had died.
