Arthur Greene
Okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni emine, ukuthi kutholakale igciwane elibulalayo i-Marburg ngemuva kokuba indoda yase-Guinea ishone ngenxa yalesi sifo.
Igciwane le-Marburg, elikwazi ukuthwala inani lokufa kwabantu elingamaphesenti angama-88, livela emndenini owodwa ne-Ebola.
I-World Health Organisation (i-WHO) ithe leli gciwane lidinga ukuba “limiswe ngokushesha emizileni walo,” njengoba linengozi yokusabalala ngokushesha kuyo yonke iNtshonalanga Afrika.
Ngemuva kokutholakala komuntu wokuqala othelelekile ngoMsombuluko, abantu abane bahlonzwa njengabayingozi kakhulu uma uxhumana nabo, kodwa kuze kube manje akekho noyedwa kubo ohlolwe watholakala etheleleke ngegciwane.
Le ndoda ifike emtholampilo wendawo esifundeni sase-Gueckedou ifuna usizo lwezempilo ngaphambi kokuba isimo sayo sibe sibi kakhulu, kusho i-WHO ngoMsombuluko.
I-Gueckedou yabelana ngemingcele ne-Sierra Leone ne-Liberia, okuyisifunda esashaywa ukuqubuka kwe-Ebola phakathi kowezi-2014 nowezi-2016 okwabulala okungenani abantu abayizi-11,325.
“Ingozi yokuthi igciwane le-Marburg lisabalale kakhulu kusho ukuthi sidinga ukulinqanda,” kusho uMatshidiso Moeti, umqondisi we-WHO esifundeni sase-Afrika.
Leli gciwane lidluliselwa kubantu lisuka kumalulwane ezithelo futhi lisakazeka phakathi kwabantu ngokudluliswa koketshezi lomzimba.
Izimpawu zegciwane le-Marburg zifaka phakathi umkhuhlane nezinhlungu zemisipha, kanti ezinye iziguli kamuva zopha lapho okuvuleke khona emzimbeni njengasemehlweni nasezindlebeni. Awukho umuthi noma umjovo wokugomela igciwane ogunyaziwe.
Ukuqubuka kokugcina kwegciwane okwaziwayo kwenzeka e-Uganda ngowezi-2017 ngenkathi abantu abathathu bengenwa yilesi sifo. Bobathathu babulawa yigciwane isikhashana nje ngemuva kokulithola.
Ngowe-1975, kwaba nokuqubuka kwaleli gciwane eNingizimu Afrika ngenkathi owesilisa wase-Australia eba nezimpawu ngemuva kokuhambela e-Zimbabwe. Wadlulisela leli gciwane kwabanye ababili.
Ushone ngemuva kwesonto kubonakale izimpawu kodwa ezinye iziguli ezimbili zasinda.
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