SINCE 1828
Marburg virus
noun
Mar·burg virus
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Definition of Marburg virus
: a filovirus (species Lake Victoria marburgvirus of the genus Marburgvirus) that causes an often fatal hemorrhagic fever and was originally transmitted to humans from green monkeys
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