First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, this virus is also known as the 'bleeding eye' virus due to the strange symptoms that it can cause.

The first outbreaks occurred in 1967 in lab workers in Germany and Yugoslavia who were working with African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg ...

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The first outbreaks occurred in 1967 in lab workers in Germany and Yugoslavia who were working with African green monkeys imported from Uganda. The virus was identified in a lab in Marburg ...

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.

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Named after Marburg, Germany, which suffered an outbreak in 1967, the virus has historically been linked to research involving infected monkeys. The disease has since remained rare but lethal ...

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It can also infect non-human primates like apes and monkeys. In fact, the Marburg virus is named for a town in Germany where monkeys spread the disease to humans decades ago. Scientists caught the ...