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Mar'burg disease"
Pathol.
a viral disease producing a severe and often fatal illness with fever, rash, diarrhea, vomiting, and gastrointestinal bleeding, transmitted to humans through contact with infected green monkeys. Also called
green monkey disease, Mar'burg-Eb'o•la disease" Pronunciation: (mär'bûrg-eb'u-lu). [key]Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.