Marburg marburgvirus

Species "Marburg marburgvirus" (accepted)
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Filoviridae
Genus:	Marburgvirus
Species:	Marburg marburgvirus (accepted)
Member viruses (Abbreviation)
Marburg virus (MARV) Ravn virus (RAVV)

The species Marburg marburgvirus is the taxonomic home of two related viruses that form filamentous virions, Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV). Both viruses cause severe disease in humans and nonhuman primates in the form of viral hemorrhagic fevers and both are Select Agents,^[1] World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogens (requiring Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment),^[2] National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Category A Priority Pathogens,^[3] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A Bioterrorism Agents,^[4] and are listed as a Biological Agents for Export Control by the Australia Group.^[5]

Use of term

Marburg marburgvirus is a virological taxon (i.e. a man-made concept) included in the genus Marburgvirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales. The species has two virus members, Marburg virus (MARV) and Ravn virus (RAVV).^[6] The members of the species (i.e. the actual physical entities) are called Marburg marburgviruses.^[6] The name Marburg marburgvirus is derived from the city of Marburg in Hesse, West Germany (where Marburg virus was first disovered) and the taxonomic suffix marburgvirus (which denotes a marburgvirus species).^[6]

Note

Marburg marburgvirus is pronounced ‘mɑrbərg ˌmɑrbərg’vɑɪrəs (IPA) or mahr-berg mahr-berg-vahy-ruhs in English phonetic notation.^[6] According to the rules for taxon naming established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the name Marburg marburgvirus is always to be capitalized, italicized, never abbreviated, and to be preceded by the word "species". The names of its members (Marburg marburgviruses) are to be capitalized, are not italicized, and used without articles.^[6]

Previous designations

The species was introduced in 1998 as Marburg virus.^[7][8] In 2002, the name was changed to Lake Viktoria marburgvirus.^[9][10] In 2010, a proposal was submitted to the ICTV to change the name to Marburg marburgvirus, and this proposal has recently been accepted by the ICTV Executive Committee. It has yet to be ratified.

Species inclusion criteria

A virus that fulfills the criteria for being a member of the genus Marburgvirus is a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus if it has the properties of "marburgviruses" (because there is currently only only "marburgvirus" species) and if its genome differs from that of Marburg virus (variant Musoke) by <30% at the nucleotide level.^[6]

References

1. ^ US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "National Select Agent Registry (NSAR)". http://www.selectagents.gov. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
2. ^ US Department of Health and Human Services. "Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition". http://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
3. ^ US National Institutes of Health (NIH), US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). "Biodefense - NIAID Category A, B, and C Priority Pathogens". http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/biodefenserelated/biodefense/research/pages/cata.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
4. ^ US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "Bioterrorism Agents/Diseases". http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlist-category.asp. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
5. ^ The Australia Group. "List of Biological Agents for Export Control". http://www.australiagroup.net/en/biological_agents.html. Retrieved 2011-10-16. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Kuhn, J. H.; Becker, S.; Ebihara, H.; Geisbert, T. W.; Johnson, K. M.; Kawaoka, Y.; Lipkin, W. I.; Negredo, A. I. et al. (2010). "Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: Classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations". Archives of Virology 155 (12): 2083–2103. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0814-x. PMC 3074192. PMID 21046175. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=3074192.  edit
7. ^ 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 
8. ^ Pringle, C. R. (1998). "Virus taxonomy--San Diego 1998". Archives of virology 143 (7): 1449–1459. PMID 9742051.  edit
9. ^ 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 
10. ^ 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. 

Further reading

• Klenk, Hans-Dieter (1999), Marburg and Ebola Viruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 235, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-3540647294 
• Klenk, Hans-Dieter; Feldmann, Heinz (2004), Ebola and Marburg Viruses - Molecular and Cellular Biology, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK: Horizon Bioscience, ISBN 978-0954523237 
• Kuhn, Jens H. (2008), Filoviruses - A Compendium of 40 Years of Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Studies. Archives of Virology Supplement, vol. 20, Vienna, Austria: SpringerWienNewYork, ISBN 978-3211206706 
• Martini, G. A.; Siegert, R. (1971). Marburg Virus Disease. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-0387051994. 
• Ryabchikova, Elena I.; Price, Barbara B. (2004), Ebola and Marburg Viruses - A View of Infection Using Electron Microscopy, Columbus, Ohio, USA: Battelle Press, ISBN 978-1574771312 

External links

• International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV)