Marburg disease

American  

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.

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Marburg disease British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Marburg disease

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

Example Sentences

When Rwanda announced an outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg disease in September, partners from around the world, including the U.S.

From Salon

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