Marburg virus

The Marburg virus causes hemorrhagic fever (hemorrhagic cerebral syndrome), which occurs with damage to the central nervous system, prolonged fever, hemorrhages in the skin, internal organs and brain. Widely distributed in West Africa, among some domestic animals, also introduced to other countries of the world from the vivarium area.

The virus does not have a hepatotropic effect, but can cause inflammatory liver diseases accompanied by jaundice. The virus is characterized by the formation of giant multinucleated cells (phagocytes) of various sizes (especially large and irregularly shaped), resulting from their multiple deposition.