Marburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever.

马尔堡出血热是由来自与引起埃博拉出血热的病毒同一科的一种病毒引起的严重高致命性疾病。

The dramatic symptoms of Marburg haemorrhagic fever and its frequent fatality are resulting in a high level of fear, which is further aggravated by a lack of public understanding of the disease.

马尔堡出血热的显著症状及其频繁死亡正在产生高度恐惧，由于公众缺乏对该病的了解而进一步加剧。

The disease was first identified in 1967 during simultaneous outbreaks affecting laboratory workers in Marburg and Frankfurt, Germany and in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

该病首次于1967年在德国马尔堡和法兰克福以及南斯拉夫贝尔格莱德影响实验室工作人员的同时暴发期间确定的。

Geographical occurrence. A large, 2-centre outbreak in Marburg, Germany, and Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, in 1967 led to the initial recognition of the disease.

1967年，在德国马尔堡和前南斯拉夫的贝尔格莱德两地分别出现暴发，让世人首次认识了这个疾病。

Marburg virus disease occurs very rarely and appears to be geographically confined to a small number of countries in the southern part of the African continent.

马尔堡出血热的发生极其罕见，并且似乎在地理上局限于非洲大陆南部少数国家。