The family of viruses that Ebola belongs to may have existed longer than researchers previously thought— a discovery that may help scientists develop new vaccines to treat the deadly infection ...

The Marburg virus, like its fearsome cousin Ebola, belongs to the Filoviridae family. It carries the name of the German town where it was first detected in 1967, after a mysterious epidemic had ...

The Filoviridae Family. First discovered in 1967, the filovirus refers to any virus that belongs to the Filoviridae family of viruses that sit within the Mononegavirales order.

First detected simultaneously in 1967 in Germany's Marburg and Frankfurt and Serbia's Belgrade, the Marburg virus belongs to the Filoviridae family (filovirus), the same as the Ebola virus.

The Marburg virus is a cousin of the Ebola virus, both belonging to the Filoviridae family. They have different pathogens but are both highly fatal and rare. Both share an average fatality rate of ...

Ebola virus and Marburg virus are single-stranded, enveloped and negative sense-RNA viruses belonging to the Filoviridae family, and they both cause deadly hemorrhagic fevers in humans and mammals.

What is Marburg virus? It’s a member of the Filoviridae family of viruses that can cause severe and potentially fatal hemorrhagic fever in people. Marburg virus disease was recognized in 1967 ...

The WHO has confirmed an outbreak of the deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Ghana. Here's what to know about the Ebola relative from symptoms to spread.

MVD is a highly virulent disease that can cause haemorrhagic fever and is clinically similar to Ebola diseases. Marburg and Ebola viruses are both members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus).

Both Marburg and Ebola viruses are members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus). Although these are caused by different viruses, the two diseases are clinically similar on many grounds.