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Virus Name: Marburg

Abbreviation: MBGV

Status
Probably not Arbovirus

Select Agent
Yes

SALS Level
4

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

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Antigenic Group
Marburg

Section VII - Natural Host Range (Additional text can be added below table)

Vertebrate (species and organ) and arthropod	No. isolations/No. tested	No. with antibody/No. tested Test used	Country and region


^* No isolations from naturally infected animals.

Man	31/many		Marburg; Frankfurt, W. Germany
Man	3		Southern Africa (23, 24)
Man	4		Belgrade, Yugoslavia, West Germany
Cercopithecus aethiops ^*			No specific CF antibodies found in monkeys (9).Positive CF tests have been reported with sera from primate species as possible evidence of natural infection of primates in Uganda (22), but specificity of CF antibodies employing infected guinea pig crude liver antigens still questionable.
Man		22/22 CF	Marburg (6)
Man		1%/>400 IFA	Liberia (26)
Vervet monkeys		2 IFA	Kenya (25)
Baboons		3 IFA

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