filovirus
Americannoun
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filoviruses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
“It looks like we’ve found a filovirus in a bunch of monkeys outside Washington. We’ve recovered what we think is Ebola.”
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Bats are known reservoirs for a wide range of viruses, including Marburg filoviruses, Hendra and Nipah paramyxoviruses, rabies, and coronaviruses such as the one that causes MERS, or Middle East respiratory syndrome.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2023
Targets could include: filoviruses such as Ebola and Marburg; flaviviruses, which cause yellow fever and Zika; and mosquito-born togaviruses.
From Science Magazine ● May 25, 2022
Her experience with filoviruses demonstrated this: “DNA vaccines protect against Marburg, but they don’t protect against Ebola.”
From Scientific American ● Jan. 6, 2022
The agency sought expertise in coronaviruses, filoviruses and other viral “families” that produce novel pathogens.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
Not long after Charles Monet died, it was established that the family of filoviruses comprised Marburg along with two types of a virus called Ebola.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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