Ebolavirus

E414769

taxon virus genus

Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ebolavirus canonical	9
Ebola virus	5

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	taxon ⓘ virus genus ⓘ
biosafetyLevel	BSL-4 ⓘ
causes	Ebola virus disease ⓘ viral hemorrhagic fever ⓘ
containsSpecies	Bombali ebolavirus ⓘ Bundibugyo ebolavirus ⓘ Reston ebolavirus ⓘ Sudan ebolavirus ⓘ Taï Forest ebolavirus ⓘ Zaire ebolavirus ⓘ
discoveredIn	1976 ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
discoveredInCountry	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
diseaseOutcome	multi-organ failure ⓘ severe hemorrhagic fever ⓘ
enveloped	true ⓘ
family	Filoviridae ⓘ
genomeOrganization	encodes seven structural proteins ⓘ
genomeType	negative-sense single-stranded RNA ⓘ non-segmented RNA genome ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Central Africa ⓘ Reston ebolavirus ⓘ surface form: China (Reston ebolavirus) Philippines ⓘ surface form: Philippines (Reston ebolavirus) West Africa ⓘ
host	human ⓘ non-human primate ⓘ
inactivatedBy	70% ethanol ⓘ bleach ⓘ heat ⓘ
mortality	high case fatality rate ⓘ
namedAfter	Ebola River ⓘ
naturalReservoir	fruit bat ⓘ
order	Mononegavirales ⓘ
parentTaxon	Filoviridae ⓘ
protein	RNA-dependent RNA polymerase L ⓘ VP24 ⓘ VP30 ⓘ VP35 ⓘ VP40 ⓘ glycoprotein GP ⓘ nucleoprotein NP ⓘ
realm	Riboviria ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
transmissionBetweenHumans	true ⓘ
transmissionRoute	contact with contaminated surfaces ⓘ direct contact with blood ⓘ direct contact with body fluids ⓘ nosocomial transmission ⓘ
virionShape	filamentous ⓘ
zoonotic	true ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ebola virus disease → causativeAgent → Ebolavirus ⓘ

Zaire ebolavirus → parentTaxon → Ebolavirus ⓘ

Zaire ebolavirus → genus → Ebolavirus ⓘ

2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak → causativeAgent → Ebolavirus ⓘ

Institut Pasteur → hasResearchFocus → Ebolavirus ⓘ