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Viruses > RNA Viruses > Negative-Sense RNA Viruses > Mononegavirales > Filoviridae

Preferred term

Filoviridae  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Filovirus
  • Filoviruses

Note

  • infection = FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS

Scope note

  • A family of RNA viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, containing filamentous virions. Although they resemble RHABDOVIRIDAE in possessing helical nucleocapsids, Filoviridae differ in the length and degree of branching in their virions. There are two genera: EBOLAVIRUS and MARBURGVIRUS.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016563

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