1967 Marburg virus disease outbreak | |
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Disease | Marburg virus disease |
Virus strain | Marburg virus |
Location | West Germany and Yugoslavia |
First outbreak | Marburg and Frankfurt |
Confirmed cases | 32 |
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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