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Marburg

American  
[mahr-boork, mahr-burg] / ˈmɑr bʊərk, ˈmɑr bɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany.

  2. German name of Maribor.


Marburg British  
/ ˈmɑːˌbɜːɡ, ˈmaːrbʊrk /

noun

  1. a city in W central Germany, in Hesse: famous for the religious debate between Luther and Zwingli in 1529; Europe's first Protestant university (1527). Pop: 78 511 (2003 est)

  2. the German name for Maribor

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The group included scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, the University of Ohio and the Philipps-University Marburg.

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These three additional monkeys were not quarantined, which is required by law to prevent deadly diseases — such as Ebola, Marburg and mpox — from spreading from primates to humans, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times

USAID, Riedl explained, has played a critical role in monitoring and containing outbreaks of Ebola and the Marburg Virus in these and other countries.

From Salon

When Rwanda announced an outbreak of the highly infectious Marburg disease in September, partners from around the world, including the U.S.

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