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Encyclopedia > Filovirus
Filoviruses
Scientific classification
Domain: Virus
(unranked) (-)ssRNA viruses
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Filoviridae
Genera

Marburgvirus
Ebolavirus

Filoviruses are viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae, which is in the order Mononegavirales. Those viruses are single stranded RNA viruses that target vertebrates. The Ebola virus and Marburg virus are the only known viruses classified in this taxon.


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Medmicro Chapter 72 (5120 words)
Filovirus transcription and replication are mediated by a single virus-encoded polymerase in the cytoplasm of the infected cell.
Filovirus genomes are more complex than those of lyssaviruses and vesiculoviruses and align organizationally more closely to members of the genera paramyxovirus and morbillivirus.
Filovirus genomes are approximately 19 kb long (Marburg, 19.1 kb; Ebola, 18.9 kb) and are organized as illustrated in figure 72-1A.
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