Filoviridae

Filoviridae is a <a href="/facts/International_Committee_on_Taxonomy_of_Viruses/M71khRCo">family</a> of <a href="/facts/RNA_virus/qwXPeATD">single-stranded negative-sense RNA viruses</a> in the <a href="/facts/Order_(biology)/GKLJvIpt">order</a> <a href="/facts/Mononegavirales/nxfeEBrg">Mononegavirales</a>. Two members of the family that are commonly known are <a href="/facts/Zaire_ebolavirus/BneCtC2m">Ebola virus</a> and <a href="/facts/Marburg_virus/1Tfjb6Gh">Marburg virus</a>. Both viruses, and some of their lesser known relatives, cause severe disease in humans and nonhuman <a href="/facts/Primate/Hl8RNE2X">primates</a> in the form of <a href="/facts/Viral_hemorrhagic_fever/TARXxnRD">viral hemorrhagic fevers</a>.
All filoviruses are classified by the US as <a href="/facts/Select_agents/8zR6LUkv">select agents</a>, by the <a href="/facts/World_Health_Organization/YNN3bgug">World Health Organization</a> as Risk Group 4 Pathogens (requiring <a href="/facts/Biosafety/tLqvTmWe">Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment</a>), by the <a href="/facts/National_Institutes_of_Health/G3Eytfcc">National Institutes of Health</a>/<a href="/facts/National_Institute_of_Allergy_and_Infectious_Diseases/PD8bQnvS">National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases</a> as Category A Priority Pathogens, and by the <a href="/facts/Centers_for_Disease_Control_and_Prevention/NmoJNDV5">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> as <a href="/facts/Bioterrorism/YW2rmVls">Category A Bioterrorism Agents</a>, and are listed as Biological Agents for Export Control by the <a href="/facts/Australia_Group/h7ohgGGE">Australia Group</a>.

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Filoviridae