Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations

The taxonomy of the family Filoviridae (marburgviruses and ebolaviruses) has changed several times since the discovery of its members, resulting in a plethora of species and virus names and abbreviations. The current taxonomy has only been partially accepted by most laboratory virologists. Confusion...

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Published in:	Archives of virology Vol. 155; no. 12; pp. 2083 - 2103
Main Authors:	Kuhn, Jens H., Becker, Stephan, Ebihara, Hideki, Geisbert, Thomas W., Johnson, Karl M., Kawaoka, Yoshihiro, Lipkin, W. Ian, Negredo, Ana I., Netesov, Sergey V., Nichol, Stuart T., Palacios, Gustavo, Peters, Clarence J., Tenorio, Antonio, Volchkov, Viktor E., Jahrling, Peter B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Vienna Springer Vienna 01.12.2010 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Bundibugyo ebolavirus classification common names Ebola virus Filoviridae Filoviridae - classification Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Infectious Diseases Laboratories Marburg marburgvirus Marburg virus Medical Microbiology Microbiology Miscellaneous Names Reston Ebola virus Sudan Ebola virus Systematics Tai Forest ebolavirus taxonomic revisions Taxonomy Terminology as Topic Virology Virology Division News Viruses Zaire Ebola virus Zaire United States > US Lake Victoria Sudan Genomic Nucleotide Sequence Emend Amino Acid Sequence Difference Marburgvirus Valid Taxon Virus Mononegavirales Filoviridae Taxonomy
ISSN:	0304-8608, 1432-8798, 1432-8798
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