Marburg virus

noun

Mar·​burg virus ˈmär-bərg- 

: a filovirus (species Marburg marburgvirus of the genus Marburgvirus) that causes an often fatal hemorrhagic fever and was originally transmitted to humans from green monkeys

Examples of Marburg virus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tests for Ebola and the Marburg virus have come back negative so far. —Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025

Trump’s attacks on the civil service have stripped the government of the experienced public officials needed to manage public health responses; cuts to USAID, for example, have frozen its work in Africa to contain Marburg virus, monkeypox, and other diseases with pandemic potential. —Edward Alden, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025

Initial lab tests have been negative for Ebola and Marburg virus disease, the WHO said. —Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025

Test results on 12 blood samples from active cases and a swab from a deceased person tested negative for Ebola and Marburg viruses. —Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Marburg, Germany

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Marburg virus

• antivirus
• herpesvirus
• parvovirus
• reovirus
• retrovirus
• rhinovirus
• rotavirus
• adenovirus
• baculovirus
• coronavirus
• enterovirus
• poliovirus

Medical Definition

Marburg virus

noun

: an African single-stranded RNA virus of the family Filoviridae (species Marburg marburgvirus of the genus Marburgvirus) that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever