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Marburg virus
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Marburg virus: see hemorrhagic fever hemorrhagic fever , any of a group of viral diseases characterized by sudden onset, muscle and joint pain, fever, bleeding, and shock from loss of blood. Bleeding occurs in the form of leakage from capillaries in the internal organs and the skin and mucous membranes.
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Marburg virus [′mär‚bu̇rg ‚vī·rəs]
(virology)
A large virus transmitted to humans by the grivet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops).
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These persons from the 1994 or 1998-2000 MHF outbreaks became seropositive during or shortly after disease and included 2 with mild Marburg disease (M.
Serosurvey on household contacts of Marburg hemorrhagic fever patients by Van der Stuyft, Patrick / Emerging Infectious Diseases
This is the first outbreak of Marburg disease on record in Africa.
There are more questions than answers. (Special report: South Africa) by Geer, Ben / New African
Looking back, it's interesting that during this same era, we witnessed the first major outbreak of the Ebola virus, machupo plague, lassa fever, marburg disease, and of course here in the United States, legionnaires' disease.
Back to the future by Fabian, Nelson / Journal of Environmental Health
 
 
 
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