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- noun Plural form of
filovirus .
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Ebola is one of a family of so-called filoviruses, which cause haemorrhagic fever, a rare but highly lethal disease in which the patient can bleed to death, sometimes from the mouth, ears and eyes.
Medindia Health News 2010
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Ebola and Marburg are part of a family of so-called filoviruses, which cause hemorrhagic fever
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Together with their cousin, the Marburg virus, they make up the family of viruses known as filoviruses.
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In this decade, there have been almost yearly outbreaks of Ebola and/or the closely related Marburg virus in Africa, resulting in the discovery of both Ebola and Marburg infection in species of fruit bats–suggesting these animals may be a reservoir species for filoviruses though more work remains to be done to confirm this.
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It's about viruses,specifically the filoviruses and how they are emerging from the rainforest as people and nature continue to clash.
yes, i made a book meme ginasketch 2008
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Together with their cousin, the Marburg virus, they make up the family of viruses known as filoviruses.
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Together with their cousin, the Marburg virus, they make up the family of viruses known as filoviruses.
Simple evolutionary study may predict path of Ebola outbreaks - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Ebola-related filoviruses were isolated from cynomolgus monkeys (Macacca fascicularis) imported into the United States of America from the Philippines in 1989.
Chapter 6 2000
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SIGA has antiviral programs targeting smallpox and other Category A pathogens, including arenaviruses (Lassa fever, Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis), dengue virus, and the filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg).
unknown title 2011
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SIGA has antiviral programs targeting smallpox and other Category A pathogens, including arenaviruses (Lassa fever, Junin, Machupo, Guanarito, Sabia, and lymphocytic choriomeningitis), dengue virus, and the filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg).
unknown title 2011
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