Marburg virus is a blood-borne pathogen. People who have the virus are sometimes given heparin, a protein that is involved in clotting blood. Which type of blood-borne disease is Marburg virus?

Marburg virus causes Marburg virus disease, which is classified as a viral hemorrhagic fever. The fact that heparin may be given to some patients does not change the disease classification; the answer is viral hemorrhagic fever.

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