More filoviruses in bats

The family of viruses known as the Filoviridae (filo, from the Latin for thread) is well known for the ebolaviruses, which cause the hemorrhagic disease that regularly erupts in Africa. As Earth’s virome is slowly revealed, other filoviruses are discovered. The first filovirus discovered was Marburg virus, first described in 1967 in Germany when grieve […]

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Source: virology blog - February 1, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information ebolavirus filovirus hemorrhagic fever Mengla virus minigenote spillover viral viruses Source Type: blogs