Marburg Virus Disease Outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania [April 6, 2023, 10:30 AM ET]

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  April 6, 2023, 10:30 AM ET
  
  CDCHAN-00489
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health departments in the United States about two confirmed outbreaks of Marburg virus disease (MVD)—one in Equatorial Guinea and one in Tanzania. Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that these two outbreaks are related; most experts agree that these represent two independent animal-to-human spillover events. To date, no confirmed cases of MVD related to these outbreaks have been reported in the United States or other countries outside Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania. This Health Advisory provides information about these outbreaks to increase awareness of the risk of imported cases in the United States. It also summarizes CDC’s recommendations for case identification, testing, and clinical laboratory biosafety considerations in the United States.
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Disease Outbreaks Marburg Virus Disease
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 489
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Equatorial Guinea ; Tanzania
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  5 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00489
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:439b3412f77d5fe4acd830cc1f4642c08101cddbf001f46ea56e04a5701ec53724a310e83975cbc7b787e5f0c9b2223c8e8854564724a9cb99e4b6a0892ea008
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/126616/cdc_126616_DS1.pdf
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