Taï Forest ebolavirus

E414770

Taï Forest ebolavirus is a rare species of ebolavirus known for causing a single documented non-fatal human infection linked to contact with infected chimpanzees in Côte d’Ivoire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taï Forest ebolavirus canonical 6
Taï Forest virus disease 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ebolavirus
virus species
associatedWith viral hemorrhagic fever
belongsToGroup Filoviridae
surface form: filoviruses
biosafetyLevelRequired BSL-4
caseFatalityRateInDocumentedHumanCase 0%
discoveredInContextOf chimpanzee mortality event in Taï National Park
disease Taï Forest ebolavirus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Taï Forest virus disease
enveloped true
family Filoviridae
firstHumanCaseLocation Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Taï National Park
firstHumanCaseYear 1994
genomeType negative-sense single-stranded RNA
genus Ebolavirus
geographicRegion Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

West Africa
hasEnvelopeProteinType glycoprotein (GP)
hasGenomeSegment GP gene
L gene
NP gene
VP24 gene
VP30 gene
VP35 gene
VP40 gene
hasSegmentedGenome false
hostSpeciesInIndexCase chimpanzee
ICTVStatus recognized species
indexPatientExposure necropsy of infected chimpanzee
indexPatientOccupation ethologist
knownHumanCasesCount 1
knownHumanCasesOutcome non-fatal
naturalHost mammals
order Mononegavirales
outbreakPattern no known large human outbreaks
parentTaxon Ebolavirus
pathogenicTo humans
non-human primates
rarity rare
realm Riboviria
relatedTo Bombali ebolavirus
Bundibugyo ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus
Sudan ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus
requiresContainmentMeasures high
shape filamentous
taxonRank species
transmissionRoute contact with infected non-human primates
direct contact with infected animal tissues
viralFamilyType filovirus
zoonotic true

Referenced by (7)

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Ebola virus disease causativeAgent Taï Forest ebolavirus
Bundibugyo ebolavirus relatedTo Taï Forest ebolavirus
Ebolavirus containsSpecies Taï Forest ebolavirus
Taï Forest ebolavirus disease Taï Forest ebolavirus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Taï Forest virus disease
Reston ebolavirus relatedTo Taï Forest ebolavirus
Filoviridae notableMember Taï Forest ebolavirus
Sudan ebolavirus relatedTo Taï Forest ebolavirus