Clinical aspects of Marburg hemorrhagic fever
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever and Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever
media coverage when outbreaks occur. The causative organisms are found in tropical Africa and the Philippines. They belong to the Filoviridae family. Clinical presentations of the viral infections they cause share many common characteristics. At least 6 Marburg virus outbreaks and 21 Ebola virus outbreaks have been documented to date (Table 1). More outbreaks have probably occurred in remote ar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Future Virology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1746-0794,1746-0808
DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.79