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. 2017:1628:3-14.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7116-9_1.

Marburg- and Ebolaviruses: A Look Back and Lessons for the Future

Hans Dieter Klenk  1 , Werner Slenczka  2
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Marburg- and Ebolaviruses: A Look Back and Lessons for the Future

Hans Dieter Klenk et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2017.

Abstract

Since the discovery of Marburg virus 50 years ago, filoviruses have reemerged in the human population more than 40 times. Already the first episode was as dramatic as most of the subsequent ones, but none of them was as devastating as the West-African Ebola virus outbreak in 2013-2015. Although progress toward a better understanding of the viruses is impressive, there is clearly a need to improve and strengthen the measures to detect and control these deadly infections.

Keywords: Discovery of filoviruses; Ebolavirus outbreaks; Ecology of filoviruses; Marburgvirus outbreaks.

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