Window on Kisiizi

Window on Kisiizi

Sunday 18 November 2012

VHF

Viral haemorrhagic fever - this group includes Ebola and Marburg viruses.  We had a patient recently who was admitted to us from Kabale and died shortly afterwards and was a possible Marburg case but we have had confirmation today that his blood tests for Marburg are negative.

We are hopeful that the Marburg epidemic which started quite close to Kabale, about 90 minutes drive away, is now fading away as there have not been any confirmed new cases for some time.

However, Ebola has appeared again in Uganda nearer to Kampala [which is about 7-8 hours drive from Kisiizi]. It seems it is a different strain from the one in Kiballe forest in western Uganda a couple of months ago.
We are so grateful that we have not had any VHF cases here and continue to pray this will remain the case.  Hanna had helped to nurse the recent suspect case when I was in Kampala and we recognise that even with all the protective clothing these are very dangerous viruses.

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