1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak

1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak
DiseaseMarburg virus disease
Virus strainMarburg virus
LocationWest Germany and Yugoslavia
First outbreakMarburg and Frankfurt
Confirmed cases32
Deaths
7
Territories
2

The 1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak was the first recorded outbreak of Marburg virus disease.[1] It started in early August 1967 when 30 people became ill in the West German towns of Marburg and Frankfurt and later two in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).[2] The infections were traced back to three laboratories in the separate locations which received a shared shipment of infected African green monkeys.[3] The outbreak involved 25 primary Marburg virus infections and seven deaths, and six non-lethal secondary cases.[2]

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