filovirus
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of filovirus
1985–90; New Latin, equivalent to Latin fīl(um) a thread + -o- + virus
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The six species of Ebola virus are the only other known members of the filovirus family, according to the U.S.
From Washington Times • Apr. 21, 2023
The Marburg virus is a cousin of the equally deadly Ebola virus - part of the filovirus family - and it kills on average half of those infected, the WHO says.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023
The Marburg virus is a “genetically unique zoonotic … RNA virus of the filovirus family,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From Washington Post • Jul. 18, 2022
On 3 August, samples from a man who had died 1 day earlier in Guinea tested positive for Marburg virus, a filovirus similar to the Ebola virus that can also cause fatal hemorrhagic fever.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 22, 2021
Each filovirus strain contains seven proteins, four of which are completely unknown.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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