The 1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak was the first recorded outbreak of Marburg virus disease. It started in early August 1967 when 30 people became ill in the West German towns of Marburg and Fran
Shipment of infected African green monkeys to three laboratories was the origin of the outbreaks.
Vervet monkey
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The vervet monkey, or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa. The term "vervet" is also used to refer to all the members of the genus Chlorocebus. The fiv
1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak
…Yugoslavia (now Serbia). The infections were traced back to three laboratories in the separate locations which received a shared shipment of infected African green monkeys. The outbreak involved 25 primary Marburg virus infections and seven deaths, and six non-lethal secondary cases. In early August 1967, patients with…
Cercopiteco verde, parque nacional del lago Nakuru, Kenia, 2024 05 18, DD 77
A vervet monkey grooms another in Gaborone, Botswana
Juvenile C. p. rufoviridis, Uganda
Female and juvenile, Kruger Park, South Africa