Noun: Marburg hemorrhagic fever
- A viral disease of green monkeys caused by the Marburg virus; when transmitted to humans it causes serious or fatal illness
"The researcher contracted Marburg hemorrhagic fever while working with infected tissue samples";
- Marburg disease, green monkey disease
Type of: haemorrhagic fever [Brit, Cdn], hemorrhagic fever [N. Amer], VHF, viral haemorrhagic fever, viral hemorrhagic fever
Encyclopedia: Marburg hemorrhagic fever