DEFER:

• For 180 days from the last contact if the donor was a former household contact of a person with Marburg viral haemorrhagic fever.  Fever Contact with/travel to at risk area
• For 180 days if the donor had contact (excluding sexual contact) with a person who has ever had Marburg Viral haemorrhagic Fever, if the donor is well
• For 180 days from the last contact if the donor is a healthcare worker who had contact (excluding sexual contact) with a person who ever had Marburg Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
• For 180 days after leaving an endemic country
• If the donor is under surveillance and until 180 days have elapsed since the most possible exposure/risk/sexual contact and the donor is well and asymptomatic

PERMANTENTLY EXCLUDE:

• If the donor has confirmed or suspected Marburg Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
• Current or former sexual partner of a person with Marburg Viral Haemorrhagic Fever
• Current household contact of a person with Marburg Viral Haemorrhagic Fever

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Marburg virus is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus. Marburg virus (MARV) causes Marburg virus disease in primates, a form of viral hemorrhagic fever. The term Viral haemorrhagic fever is used to describe a severe multisystem syndrome, usually the overall vascular system is damaged and the body’s ability to regulate itself is impaired. Symptoms are often accompanied by hemorrhage