Mar|burg disease

Mar|burg disease
Mar|burg disease «MAHR burg»,
a contagious, often fatal, virus disease characterized by high fever and hemorrhaging. It was discovered in Marburg, Germany among technicians handling green monkeys: »

A new virus related to the so-called Marburg, or green monkey, disease spread in Sudan and Zaire (Richard H. Pfaff).


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