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Descriptor English: Filoviridae
Descriptor Spanish: Filoviridae
Descriptor Filoviridae
Entry term(s) Filovirus
Scope note: Familia de virus del orden MONONEGAVIRALES, que contienen viriones filamentosos. Aunque parecidos a los RHABDOVIRIDAE porque poseen nucleocápsides helicoidales, los Filoviridae difieren en la longitud y grado de ramificación de sus viriones. Hay dos géneros: VIRUS SIMILARES A EBOLA Y VIRUS SIMILARES A MARBURG.
Descriptor Portuguese: Filoviridae
Descriptor French: Filoviridae
Entry term(s): Filovirus
Filoviruses
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.937.300
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016563
Scope note: A family of RNA viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, containing filamentous virions. Although they resemble RHABDOVIRIDAE in possessing helical nucleocapsids, Filoviridae differ in the length and degree of branching in their virions. There are two genera: EBOLAVIRUS and MARBURGVIRUS.
Annotation: infection = FILOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Rhabdoviridae (1987-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 30104
Unique ID: D016563
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Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/01/02
Revision Date: 2018/02/06
Filoviridae - Preferred
Concept UI M0025264
Scope note A family of RNA viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, containing filamentous virions. Although they resemble RHABDOVIRIDAE in possessing helical nucleocapsids, Filoviridae differ in the length and degree of branching in their virions. There are two genera: EBOLAVIRUS and MARBURGVIRUS.
Preferred term Filoviridae
Entry term(s) Filovirus
Filoviruses



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