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New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature

ContributorsKuhn, Jens H; Adachi, Takuya; Adhikari, Neill K J; Arribas, Jose R; Bah, Ibrahima Elhadj; Bausch, Daniel Goodwin; Bhadelia, Nahid; Borchert, Matthias; Brantsæter, Arne Broch; Brett-Major, David M; Burgess, Timothy H; Chertow, Daniel S; Chute, Christopher G; Cieslak, Theodore J; Colebunders, Robert; Crozier, Ian; Davey, Richard T; De Clerck, Hilde Johanna Yvonne; Delgado, Rafael; Evans, Laura; Fallah, Mosoka; Fischer, William A (2nd); Fletcher, Tom E; Fowler, Robert A; Grünewald, Thomas; Hall, Andy; Hewlett, Angela; Hoepelman, Andy I M; Houlihan, Catherine F; Ippolito, Giuseppe; Jacob, Shevin T; Jacobs, Michael; Jakob, Robert; Jacquerioz, Frédérique Aline; Kaiser, Laurent; Kalil, Andre C; Kamara, Rashidatu F; Kapetshi, Jimmy; Klenk, Hans-Dieter; Kobinger, Gary; Kortepeter, Mark G; Kraft, Colleen S; Kratz, Thomas; Bosa, Henry S Kyobe; Lado, Marta; Lamontagne, François; Lane, H Cliff; Lobel, Leslie; Lutwama, Julius; Lyon, G Marshall (3rd); Massaquoi, Moses B F; Massaquoi, Thomas A; Mehta, Aneesh K; Makuma, Vital Mondonge; Murthy, Srinivas; Musoke, Tonny Seikikongo; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean-Jacques; Nakyeyune, Phiona; Nanclares, Carolina; Nanyunja, Miriam; Nsio-Mbeta, Justus; O'Dempsey, Tim; Paweska, Janusz T; Peters, Clarence J; Piot, Peter; Rapp, Christophe; Renaud, Bertrand; Ribner, Bruce; Sabeti, Pardis C; Schieffelin, John S; Slenczka, Werner; Soka, Moses J; Sprecher, Armand; Strong, James; Swanepoel, Robert; Uyeki, Timothy M; van Herp, Michel; Vetter, Pauline; Wohl, David A; Wolf, Timo; Wolz, Anja; Wurie, Alie H; Yoti, Zabulon
Published inNature Reviews Microbiology, vol. 17, no. 5, p. 261-263
Publication date2019
Abstract

The recent large outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Western Africa resulted in greatly increased accumulation of human genotypic, phenotypic and clinical data, and improved our understanding of the spectrum of clinical manifestations. As a result, the WHO disease classification of EVD underwent major revision.

Keywords
  • Filoviridae / classification
  • Filoviridae / pathogenicity
  • Filoviridae Infections / classification
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / classification
  • Humans
  • World Health Organization
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KUHN, Jens H et al. New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature. In: Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019, vol. 17, n° 5, p. 261–263. doi: 10.1038/s41579-019-0187-4
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