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1976 photograph of two nurses standing in front of Mayinga N'Seka diagnosed with a virus disease, which later was diagnosed as Zaire ebola. She died only a few days later because of severe internal bleeding and hemorrhagingICD-10 A98.4 ICD-9 065.8 DiseasesDB 18043 MedlinePlus 001339 eMedicine med/626 MeSH D019142 Species Zaire ebolavirus Virus classification Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA) Order: Mononegavirales Family: Filoviridae Genus: Ebolavirus Species: Zaire ebolavirus Member virus (Abbreviation) Ebola virus (EBOV)
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Introduction and Use of Term
Zaire ebolavirus is a virological taxon included in the genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales. The species has a single virus member, Ebola virus (EBOV).[1] The members of the species are called Zaire ebolaviruses.[1] The name Zaire ebolavirus is derived from Zaire (the country in which Ebola virus was first discovered) and the taxonomic suffix ebolavirus (which denotes an ebolavirus species).[1] Zaire ebolavirus is pronounced zɑː’ɪər iːˌboʊlə’vɑɪrəs (IPA) or zah-eer ee-boh-luh-vahy-ruhs in English phonetic notation.[1] According to the rules for taxon naming established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the name Zaire ebolavirus is always to be capitalized, italicized, never abbreviated, and to be preceded by the word "species". The names of its members (Zaire ebolaviruses) are to be capitalized, are not italicized, and used without articles.[1]
Previous designations
The species was introduced in 1998 as Zaire Ebola virus.[2][3] In 2002, the name was changed to Zaire ebolavirus.[4][5]
Species inclusion criteria
A virus of the genus Ebolavirus is a member of the species Zaire ebolavirus if:[1]
- it is endemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and/or Gabon and/or the Republic of the Congo
- it has a genome with three gene overlaps (VP35/VP40, GP/VP30, VP24/L)
- it has a genomic sequence different from Ebola virus by <30%
References
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- ^ Netesov, S. V.; Feldmann, H.; Jahrling, P. B.; Klenk, H. D.; Sanchez, A. (2000), "Family Filoviridae", in van Regenmortel, M. H. V.; Fauquet, C. M.; Bishop, D. H. L. et al., Virus Taxonomy—Seventh Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, San Diego, USA: Academic Press, pp. 539–48, ISBN 0123702003
- ^ Pringle, C. R. (1998). "Virus taxonomy-San Diego 1998". Archives of Virology 143 (7): 1449–59. PMID 9742051.
- ^ Feldmann, H.; Geisbert, T. W.; Jahrling, P. B.; Klenk, H.-D.; Netesov, S. V.; Peters, C. J.; Sanchez, A.; Swanepoel, R. et al. (2005), "Family Filoviridae", in Fauquet, C. M.; Mayo, M. A.; Maniloff, J. et al., Virus Taxonomy—Eighth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, San Diego, USA: Elsevier/Academic Press, pp. 645–653, ISBN 0123702003
- ^ Mayo, M. A. (2002). "ICTV at the Paris ICV: results of the plenary session and the binomial ballot". Archives of Virology 147 (11): 2254–60.
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