Marburg hemorrhagic fever
noun
Mar·burg hemorrhagic fever
| \ ˈmär-bərg-\
variants:
or Marburg virus disease
also Marburg fever
or Marburg disease
Medical Definition of Marburg hemorrhagic fever
: an often fatal hemorrhagic fever that is caused by the Marburg virus, is an acute febrile illness often progressing to severe hemorrhaging, is spread especially by contact with the body fluids (as blood or saliva) of infected individuals, and was originally reported in humans infected by green monkeys
— called also green monkey disease