Marburg virus disease
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Related to Marburg virus disease: Marburg hemorrhagic fever, African hemorrhagic fever
Marburg virus disease
[mahr´boork]a severe, often fatal, type of hemorrhagic fever first reported in Marburg, Germany, among laboratory workers exposed to African green monkeys.
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Mar·burg dis·ease
infection with an unusual rhabdovirus composed of RNA and lipid, tentatively assigned to the family of Filoviridae. Virus is "pantropic" and affects most organ systems. The disease, characterized by a prominent rash and hemorrhages in many organs, is often fatal. First seen among laboratory workers in Marburg, Germany, exposed to African green monkeys. Some interhuman spread has been observed. Attempts to isolate virus should be done only in high-security laboratories.
Synonym(s): Marburg virus disease
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Incubation 5-9 days; otherwise like Argentine or Bolivian hemorrhagic fever—headaches, fever, diarrhoea, myalgias, rash, pharyngitis, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, hemorrhage, renal failure
Mortality 7 of the 31 original Marburg cohort died
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Mar·burg dis·ease
(mahr'bĕrg di-zēz')Infection caused by a virus of the order Mononegavirales and the family Filoviridae and of the genus Marburg. The virus is "pantropic" and affects most organ systems. The disease is characterized by a prominent rash and hemorrhages in many organs and is often fatal. It was first seen in Marburg, Germany in 1967, among laboratory workers exposed to African green monkeys. Some person-to-person spread has been observed. Attempts to isolate the virus should be done only in high-security laboratories.
See also: Marburg virus
Synonym(s): Marburg virus disease.
See also: Marburg virus
Synonym(s): Marburg virus disease.
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