Marburg virus
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Marburg virus is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses and a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus, genus Marburgvirus. It causes Marburg virus disease in primates, a for
Marburg virus
Micrograph of the Marburg viruses
Colorized electron micrograph of a Marburg virus
The geographic distribution of Marburg virus and Egyptian fruit bats
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
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…Case fatality rate Notes 1967 Marburg and Frankfurt, West Germany, and Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia MARV 31 7 23% Main article: 1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak Laboratory leak 1975 Rhodesia and Johannesburg, South Africa MARV 3 1 33% 1980 Kenya MARV 2 1 50% 1987 Kenya RAVV 1 1 100% 1988 Koltsovo, Soviet Union…
Shipment of infected African green monkeys to three laboratories was the origin of the outbreaks.