Marburg virus disease

noun

Mar·​burg virus disease

ˈmär-bərg-

variants also Marburg hemorrhagic fever or Marburg fever or Marburg disease

: an often fatal hemorrhagic fever that is caused by the Marburg virus, is an acute febrile illness often progressing to severe hemorrhaging, is spread especially by contact with the body fluids (such as blood or saliva) of infected individuals, and was originally reported in humans infected by grivets