Open AccessICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Filoviridae
Author(s) -
Jens H. Kuhn,
Gaya K. Amarasinghe,
Christopher F. Basler,
Sina Bavari,
Alexander Bukreyev,
Kartik Chandran,
Ian Crozier,
Olga Dolnik,
John M. Dye,
Pierre Formenty,
Anthony John Griffiths,
Roger Hewson,
Gary P. Kobinger,
Eric M. Leroy,
Elke Mühlberger,
Sergey V Netesov Нетёсов Сергей Викторович,
Gustavo Palacios,
Bernadett Pályi,
Janusz T. Pawęska,
Sophie J. Smither,
Ayato Takada 高田礼人,
Jonathan S. Towner,
Victoria WahlJensen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of general virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.55
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1465-2099
pISSN - 0022-1317
DOI - 10.1099/jgv.0.001252
Subject(s) - filoviridae , marburg virus , virus classification , virology , biology , ebola virus , ebolavirus , virus , genome , genetics , gene , viral disease , paramyxoviridae
Members of the family Filoviridae produce variously shaped, often filamentous, enveloped virions containing linear non-segmented, negative-sense RNA genomes of 15-19 kb. Several filoviruses (e.g., Ebola virus) are pathogenic for humans and are highly virulent. Several filoviruses infect bats (e.g., Marburg virus), whereas the hosts of most other filoviruses are unknown. This is a summary of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Report on Filoviridae, which is available at www.ictv.global/report/filoviridae.