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An
RNA-containing virus in the
family Filoviridae that causes an acute and often fatal
disease characterized by
vomiting,
diarrhea,
fever and mental
confusion in
humans. It was first identified from severe outbreaks in Marburg, Germany and near the Ebola River in Zaire.
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