Until 1998, the family Filoviridae contained only one genus, Filovirus.[9] Once it became clear that marburgviruses and ebolaviruses are fundamentally different, this genus was abolished and a genus "Marburg-like viruses" was established for marburgviruses.[10][11] In 2002, the genus name was changed to Marburgvirus,[12][13] and in 2010 and 2011 the genus was emended.[7][14]
Genus inclusion criteria
A virus that fulfills the criteria for being a member of the family Filoviridae is a member of the genus Marburgvirus if[7][14]
its genome has one gene overlap
its fourth gene (GP) encodes only one protein (GP1,2) and cotranscriptional editing is not necessary for its expression
peak infectivity of its virions is association with particles ≈665nm in length
its genome differs from that of Marburg virus by <50% at the nucleotide level
its virions show almost no antigenic cross reactivity with ebolavirions
A virus that fulfills the criteria for being a member of the genus Marburgvirus is a member of the species Marburg marburgvirus if it has the properties of marburgviruses (because there is currently only marburgvirus species) and if its genome differs from that of Marburg virus (variant Musoke) by <30% at the nucleotide level.[7]
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12Feldmann, H.; Geisbert, T. W.; Jahrling, P. B.; Klenk, H.-D.; Netesov, S. V.; Peters, C.; Sanchez, A.; Swanepoel, R.; Volchkov, V. E. (2005). "Family Filoviridae". In Fauquet, C. M.; Mayo, M. A.; Maniloff, J.; Desselberger, U.; Ball, L. A. (eds.). Virus Taxonomy—Eighth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. San Diego, USA: Elsevier/Academic Press. pp.645–653. ISBN978-0-12-370200-5.
↑"ICTV 9th Report (2011) Filoviridae". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). Archived from the original(html) on September 10, 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018. List of species in the genus Marburgvirus Lake Victoria marburgvirus* Marburg virus - Musoke, Kenya, 1980 [Z12132=NC_001608] (MARV-Mus) Ravn virus - Ravn, Kenya, 1987 [DQ447649] (RAVV-Rav) Highlight: Species names are in italic script; names of strains and isolates are in roman script; sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ) are also listed.
Further reading
Klenk, Hans-Dieter (1999). Marburg and Ebola Viruses. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 235. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN978-3-540-64729-4.
Klenk, Hans-Dieter; Feldmann, Heinz (2004). Ebola and Marburg Viruses – Molecular and Cellular Biology. Wymondham, Norfolk, UK: Horizon Bioscience. ISBN978-0-9545232-3-7.
Kuhn, Jens H. (2008). Filoviruses – A Compendium of 40 Years of Epidemiological, Clinical, and Laboratory Studies. Archives of Virology Supplement, vol. 20. Vienna, Austria: SpringerWienNewYork. ISBN978-3-211-20670-6.
Martini, G. A.; Siegert, R. (1971). Marburg Virus Disease. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN978-0-387-05199-4.
Ryabchikova, Elena I.; Price, Barbara B. (2004). Ebola and Marburg Viruses – A View of Infection Using Electron Microscopy. Columbus, Ohio, USA: Battelle Press. ISBN978-1-57477-131-2.
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