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Revision as of 18:40, 5 October 2011
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Classification
Higher order taxa
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA) Order; Mononegavirales Family; Filoviridae Genus; ebolavirus Species; Zaire
Species
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NCBI: Taxonomy |
Zaire ebolavirus
Description and significance
The appearance of this negative sense single stranded RNA (nonsegmented) virus is filamentous in structure. This virus was discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is a species of the Genus ebolavirus. The Genus ebolavirus contains five different species. The five species are: Sudan ebolavirus (SEBOV), Reston ebolavirs (REBOV), Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BEBOV), Ivory Coast ebolavirus (CIEBOV), and Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV). They were all discovered around 1976 with only one strain that is not pathegenic in humans which is the Reston ebolavirus. The filoviruses can cause up to a 90% mortality rate in humans as well. The virus is not considered to be living due to the fact that without a host the virus will die, although this topic is highly controversial.
Genome structure
Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence?
Cell structure and metabolism
Interesting features of cell structure; how it gains energy; what important molecules it produces.
Ecology
Habitat; symbiosis; contributions to the environment.
Pathology
How does this organism cause disease? Human, animal, plant hosts? Virulence factors, as well as patient symptoms.
Current Research
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Cool Factor
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References
[1] NCBI Taxonomy Zaire ebolavirus
[2] National Institutes of Health. "Botulinum Neurotoxin, B. Anthracis and Variola Virus" 'National Academies Press'. 2010
Edited by student of Iris Keren
