Marburg virus

species of filamentous virus responsible of hemorrhagic fever

Marburg virus[1] is a hemorrhagic fever virus of the Filoviridae family of viruses.

Marburg virus
Transmission electron micrograph of Marburg virus
Transmission electron micrograph of Marburg virus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Riboviria
Kingdom: Orthornavirae
Phylum: Negarnaviricota
Class: Monjiviricetes
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Filoviridae
Genus: Marburgvirus
Species:
Virus:
Marburg virus

References

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  1. Kuhn JH, Becker S, Ebihara H, Geisbert TW, Johnson KM, Kawaoka Y, et al. (December 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.