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MSF comment on ebola-like virus in Angola

(12 Apr 2005) SHOTLIST 1. Exterior shot of MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders) building 2. MSF logo 3. Dr. Brigitte Vasset exits building, walks toward camera 4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Brigitte Vasset, Doctors Without Borders, Hemorrhagic Fever Sector: "Until we succeed in restoring good confidence with the population so the sick people are able to come and we can create, we can stop the transmission, probably there will be more cases. I can't tell you if it will be hundreds or more, it's impossible to tell you today but today we still do not have the control, it's not yet under control in Uige town." 5. Various of Vasset working at the computer 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Brigitte Vasset, Doctors Without Borders, Hemorrhagic Fever Sector: "People are scared, so they don't want to go to the hospital and on our side, on the medical side not only MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres) but the team of WHO (World Health Organisation), the team of the Ministry are really trying to explain correctly with the good words to the population, what is Marburg, it's not jumping on them like this. But if they are sick they should come to the hospital to be treated as much as they can and to avoid contamination of their families and everywhere." 7. Various of "Medecins Sans Frontieres" binder and "Angola" files 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Brigitte Vasset, Doctors Without Borders, Hemorrhagic Fever Sector: "If you have a scratch, for example, you are not wearing gloves, you have a cut on your hand or the child is vomiting and you have some coming on you. I mean after you touch your mouth and your eyes, it's coming like this. So it's not jumping on you, if I am here - I will not get it from you. But if I start to touch any kind of your body fluids and I have a cut, I can get it." 9. Vasset talking with journalist 10. Journalist's hand writing down on notebook STORYLINE The Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, has warned the deadly Marburg virus outbreak in Uige, Angola is not yet under control and capable of endangering many lives. Dr. Brigitte Vasset of MSF's Hemorrhagic Fever Sector says that in order to contain the virus, medical workers in Uige are trying to convince residents who might be contaminated to seek hospital treatment. Marburg hemorrhagic fever is a highly deadly disease caused by a virus from the same family that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Scientists don't know where the virus comes from. It can infect monkeys, but they are not considered the natural hosts. The virus spreads through contact with bodily fluids and incubates for between three and nine days. There is no vaccine or treatment. Death usually occurs within nine days of the start of the illness, usually after severe blood loss and shock. Doctors Without Borders currently has nearly 40 medical workers across Angola trying to treat the virus according to Dr. Vasset. The Paris office is involved with coordination and supplies to the region. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the rare Marburg virus has already killed 194 of the 214 people infected with the virus. Authorities are trying to improve public understanding of the disease, stressing that all contact with people infected with Marburg and with their bodily fluids should be avoided. The WHO warns people should also avoid touching the bodies of those who have died from Marburg. Angola's northern Uige province remains at the centre of the outbreak, accounting for more than 90 percent of the cases and deaths. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...