Filovirus
A family of viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Filoviviruses have single- stranded RNA as their genetic material. Ebola virus and the Marburg virus are both filoviruses.
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A
genus in the
family Filoviridae that includes Marburg and Ebola viruses.
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fi·lo·vi·rus 'fī-lō-.vī-rəs n any of a family
Filoviridae of single-stranded RNA viruses
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Fi·lo·vi·rus (fiґlo-vi″rəs) [L. filum thread + virus] the Marburg and Ebola viruses, a genus of viruses of the family Filoviridae that cause hemorrhagic fevers (Marburg virus disease, Ebola virus disease).
Medical dictionary.
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