Virus
filoviridae
Subclass of:
Mononegavirales
Definitions related to filoviridae:
  • A family of filamentous viruses with helical capsids and glycoprotein projections on their surface. The virus may have a branched morphology of varying length. The genome is composed of a linear single-strand of negative sense RNA. Filoviridae infect primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causitive agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and primates.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A family of RNA viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, containing filamentous virions. Although they resemble RHABDOVIRIDAE in possessing helical nucleocapsids, Filoviridae differ in the length and degree of branching in their virions. There are two genera: EBOLAVIRUS and MARBURGVIRUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the family Filoviridae.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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