filovirus
noun
fi·lo·vi·rus
ˈfī-lō-ˌvī-rəs 
: any of a family (Filoviridae) of single-stranded chiefly filamentous RNA viruses that infect vertebrates and include the Marburg virus and the Ebola viruses
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Orthoebolaviruses are Ebola-causing members of a family of viruses called filoviruses, which also include the Marburg virus.
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Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
The infrastructure built after 2014 — the RESPTC network, NETEC, the Health Alert Network, CDC’s laboratory capacity for rare filovirus subtypes like the Bundibugyo Ebola strain — exists precisely for this moment.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Without committed resources and preapproved trial protocols, filovirus outbreaks will keep happening with little progress on interventions that could stop them, Dr. Amuasi said.
—Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
In a filovirus outbreak, laboratory confirmation of all cases is uncommon.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Mar. 2023
Marburg virus is a zoonotic virus that, along with the six species of Ebola virus, comprises the filovirus family, the CDC said.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
Madagascar fruit bats, which roost in the Manombo reserve, can carry coronaviruses, filoviruses (the family of viruses that includes Ebola) and henipaviruses (the family that includes the brain-inflaming Nipah and Hendra viruses).
—Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
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Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 22 May 2026
The infrastructure built after 2014 — the RESPTC network, NETEC, the Health Alert Network, CDC’s laboratory capacity for rare filovirus subtypes like the Bundibugyo Ebola strain — exists precisely for this moment.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
Without committed resources and preapproved trial protocols, filovirus outbreaks will keep happening with little progress on interventions that could stop them, Dr. Amuasi said.
—Stephanie Nolen, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
In a filovirus outbreak, laboratory confirmation of all cases is uncommon.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 22 Mar. 2023
Marburg virus is a zoonotic virus that, along with the six species of Ebola virus, comprises the filovirus family, the CDC said.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
Madagascar fruit bats, which roost in the Manombo reserve, can carry coronaviruses, filoviruses (the family of viruses that includes Ebola) and henipaviruses (the family that includes the brain-inflaming Nipah and Hendra viruses).
—Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Filovirus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filovirus. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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filovirus
noun
fi·lo·vi·rus
ˈfī-lō-ˌvī-rəs
: any of the family Filoviridae of single-stranded RNA viruses
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