Infectious disease specialist predicts the possibility of an outbreak of the Marburg virus from Uganda in Russia.
The probability of an outbreak of Marburg virus in the Russian Federation is extremely low, but individual cases are possible.
This was stated to RIA Novosti by infectious disease specialist and head of the clinical diagnostic laboratory of Invitro-Siberia LLC Andrei Pozdnyakov.
He explained that sporadic cases in Russia are possible, but not the emergence of an epidemic.
According to Pozdnyakov, the probability of infection in the Russian Federation is minimal.
Earlier this week, the WHO said it assessed the risk of an outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus in Rwanda as very high.
The day before, in Hamburg, Germany, two train passengers were found to have symptoms similar to the onset of Marburg fever.
Pozdnyakov emphasized that these cases can be obtained in Russia, but we are not talking about an epidemic.
The probability of infection with the Marburg virus in Russia is minimal.
