The reservoir host of Marburg virus is the African fruit bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus. Fruit bats infected with Marburg virus do not to show obvious signs of illness.SkipdirectlytositecontentSkipdirectlytopageoptionsSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkMarburghemorrhagicfever(MarburgHF)SectionNavigationCDCHomeFacebookTwitterLinkedInSyndicateMarburghemorrhagicfever(MarburgHF)MinusRelatedPagesMarburgviruswasfirstrecognizedin1967,whenoutbreaksofhemorrhagicfeveroccurredsimultaneouslyinlaboratoriesinMarburgandFrankfurt,GermanyandinBelgrade,Yugoslavia(nowSerbia).Thirty-onepeoplebecameill,initiallylaboratoryworkersfollowedbyseveralmedicalpersonnelandfamilymemberswhohadcaredforthem.Sevendeathswerereported.ThefirstpeopleinfectedhadbeenexposedtoimportedAfricangreenmonkeysortheirtissueswhileconductingresearch.Oneadditionalcasewasdiagnosedretrospectively.ThereservoirhostofMarburgvirusistheAfricanfruitbat, Rousettusaegyptiacus.FruitbatsinfectedwithMarburgvirusdonottoshowobvioussignsofillness.Primates(includinghumans)canbecomeinfectedwithMarburgvirus,andmaydevelopseriousdiseasewithhighmortality.Furtherstudyisneededtodetermineifotherspeciesmayalsohostthevirus.ContinuereadingmoreaboutMarburg…TRANSMISSIONSpreadthroughbodilyfluidsofapersonwhoissickwithorhasdiedfromMarburg...SIGNSANDSYMPTOMSSymptomsmayappearanywherefrom5to10daysafterexposuretoMarburg...RISKOFEXPOSUREDuringoutbreaksofMarburg,thoseathighestriskincludehealthcareworkersandfamily...OUTBREAKSListofallcurrentandpastoutbreaks,outbreakchronologyandreferences...DIAGNOSISDiagnosingMarburgisdifficultassignsandsymptomsaresimilartomorefrequentinfectiousdiseases...TREATMENTThetreatmentofMarburgpresentsmanychallenges...therearefewestablishedpreventionmeasures...PreventionThoseathighestriskincludehealthcareworkersandthefamilyandfriendsofaninfectedindividual...ResourcesOutbreakResources,ViralHemorrhagicFever(VHF)InformationforSpecificGroups,References...Video:UgandaPythonCaveUganda:TheHuntforMarburgVirusCDCscien