The case appears to be the first Marburg infection reported in the United States.
The Marburg virus, like the Ebola virus, can cause a severe febrile disease for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/vhf/news/feb0309marburg.html
Wasn’t it Marburg that killed Frank Black’s wife, turned his hair white and drove Lara Means insane in, ‘Millenium”
The scene with Lara Means going nuts was fantastic!
It is related. One of these days it is going to take hold here.
Yes, both Marburg and Ebola are a type of filovirus.
Marburg and Ebola are filoviruses. Marburg was first seen in 1967 in an outbreak in Germany and later on Yugoslavia. There have been cases in 1975 in Zimbabwe, 1980 in Kenya (It’s well documented in The Hot Zone), 1982 in South Africa, and 1987 in Kenya (Also in The Hot Zone). There have been Marburg outbreaks in 1998-2000 and 2004-2005. No one knows where filoviruses come from, but likely bats are the carriers.