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マールブルグウイルス

Meanings

1

noun

Marburg virus

A filovirus causing Marburg virus disease, a severe hemorrhagic fever. Used in medical and news contexts.

マールブルグウイルスはエボラウイルスと同おなじフィロウイルス科かに属ぞくする。
Marburg virus belongs to the same Filoviridae family as Ebola virus.

Written forms

マールブルグ・ウイルス
- マールブルグウイルス
  Variant with a middle dot; less common but still used.
- マールブルグ・ウイルス

Similar words

エボラウイルス
Both are filoviruses causing hemorrhagic fever, but Marburg virus was first identified in Marburg, Germany, while Ebola virus was first identified near the Ebola River.

Etymology

Named after Marburg, Germany, where the virus was first identified in 1967. The Japanese form is a direct loan from English 'Marburg virus'.