Marburg disease is a severe infectious disease caused by marburgviruses within the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae of -ssRNA viruses. Related viruses in Filoviridae are the causative agent of Ebola hemorrhagic fever. Marburgvirus was discovered in 1967 in Germany.
Category
Infectious disease
Brite
Infectious diseases [BR:br08401]
Viral infections
Infections caused by -ssRNA viruses
H00405 Marburg disease
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Certain zoonotic viral diseases
1D60 Filovirus disease
H00405 Marburg disease
Pathogen
Marburg marburgvirus [GN:T40015]
Other DBs
ICD-11:
1D60.1
ICD-10:
A98.3
MeSH:
D008379
Reference
PMID:21722250
Authors
Leroy EM, Gonzalez JP, Baize S
Title
Ebola and Marburg haemorrhagic fever viruses: major scientific advances, but a relatively minor public health threat for Africa.