Marburg Virus In Colorado
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The lates marburg virus are detect in Colorado US. Marburg virus is similar with Ebola but it is not as deadly. Despite that, it is still quite virulent. It is a member of the filovirus family; the five species of Ebola virus are the only other known members of the filovirus family.
Marburg virus was first recognized in 1967. Outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever occurred simultaneously in laboratories in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Marburg is indigenous to Africa, however.