First discovered in 1967 in parts of Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany, and in Belgrade, Serbia, this virus is also known as the 'bleeding eye' virus due to the strange symptoms that it can cause.

Marburg virus, a relative of Ebola, causes people to bleed from their orifices and kills up to 9 in 10 of those infected. There are currently no vaccines or treatments available meaning medics ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

Three bugs US scientists highlighted are Ebola and Marburg, SARS, and Nipah virus. These viruses are ... severe haemorrhagic symptoms, including bleeding from bodily orifices, like the eyes ...

Atravel advisory has been issued mandating that travellers have their body temperature checked at all points of entry ...

Tests have, so far, all proven negative for Ebola or other common haemorrhagic fever diseases like Marburg dubbed 'the eye-bleeding virus'. Dr Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global ...

First identified in 1976 and thought to have crossed over from bats, Ebola is a deadly viral disease spread through direct ...