Filovirus Filovirus

Filovirus - Definition and Overview

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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