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The Gambia
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Burkina Faso
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Ghana
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Guinea Bissa
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Detailed explanation-1: -Marburg virus - Ghana. On 16 September 2022, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Ghana declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak that affected the country’s Ashanti, Savannah and Western regions.
Detailed explanation-2: -The virus is not known to be native to other continents, such as North America. MVD typically appears in sporadic outbreaks throughout Africa. Laboratory confirmed cases in people have been reported in Uganda, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Angola, and South Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -2005 Outbreak in Angola On March 25, 2005, the CDC reported that their Special Pathogens Branch had identified the presence of Marburg virus in 9 of 12 specimens from patients who had died during the outbreak in Angola.
Detailed explanation-4: -Accra/Brazzaville – Ghana today declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly two months ago. It was the first time the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever was detected in the West African country.