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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A filovirus causing an acute, often fatal hemorrhagic disease that was originally transmitted to humans from vervets.
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- noun a filovirus that causes Marburg disease; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Marburg, where its appearance in humans was first identified.]
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