Marburg disease

noun

, Pathology.

1. a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys.

Marburg disease

noun

1. a severe, sometimes fatal, viral disease of the green monkey, which may be transmitted to humans. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, and internal bleeding Also calledgreen monkey disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marburg disease¹

After Marburg, where laboratory workers caught the disease from infected monkeys in 1967; and Ebola, river and region in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo, where an outbreak occurred in 1976

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marburg disease¹

C20 after Marburg , in which the first human cases were recorded

Example Sentences

The CDC describes Marburg disease as a rare but severe hemorrhagic fever that can affect humans and nonhuman primates.

From Washington Times

In 2008, however, a Dutch woman died of Marburg disease after visiting Uganda.

From Washington Post

The first outbreak of Marburg disease in West Africa has ended after just a single case, authorities declared last week.

From Science Magazine

Multiple research groups have theorized bats are behind the disease, partly because a closely related malady, Marburg disease, has been linked to bats.

From Scientific American

It had been working to develop a vaccine against both the Zaire and Sudan strains of Ebola, as well as a related condition called Marburg disease.

From Reuters