 During these outbreaks, 31 people became infected and seven of them died.The virus is one of two members of the species "Marburg marburgvirus", which is included in the genus "Marburgvirus", family "Filoviridae", order "Mononegavirales".The name Marburg virus is derived from Marburg (the city in Hesse, Germany, where the virus was first discovered) and the taxonomic suffix "virus".