Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates ...

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Viruses on the list includes those in the Filoviridae family, such as Marburg and Ebola haemorrhagic fevers and Flaviviridae which includes mosquito-borne viruses' dengue and Zika. Viruses that cause ...

Marburg and Ebola viruses belong to the Filoviridae family (filovirus). The two diseases are clinically similar. Despite being rare these diseases have the capacity to cause outbreaks with high ...

What is the Marburg virus? Marburg is from the same family as Ebola, namely the Filoviridae family (filovirus) of viruses. It has been described as more severe than Ebola.

Marburg marburgvirus (MARV) is a member of the Filoviridae family (that includes the well-publicized Zaire ebolavirus ‘Ebola virus’) that has a mortality rate up to 88% and few treatment ...

Both viruses are part of the Filoviridae family. The Marburg virus was first discovered in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks in Marburg and Frankfurt in Germany, and Belgrade in Serbia.

The Marburg virus is a highly infectious virus that causes Marburg virus disease (MVD), a severe haemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. It belongs to the same family, Filoviridae, and can result in ...

The source of the infection is still under investigation. Marburg and Ebola viruses are both members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus).

Both Marburg and Ebola viruses belong to the Filoviridae family, also known as filovirus. Initial infection with the Marburg virus occurs when humans come into close contact with Rousettus bats.

Illustration of the Marburg virus, a tubular RNA (ribonucleic acid) virus which belongs to the Filoviridae family. It is responsible for Marburg haemorrhagic fever in humans. Symptoms include ...