Filoviridae
E419033
Filoviridae is a family of enveloped, filamentous, negative-sense RNA viruses that includes the Ebola and Marburg viruses, known for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other primates.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Filoviridae canonical | 8 |
| filoviruses | 3 |
| Filoviruses | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4200671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filoviridae Context triple: [Zaire ebolavirus, family, Filoviridae]
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A.
Ebolavirus
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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B.
Ricketts family
The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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D.
Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus is a highly virulent species of Ebola virus responsible for severe hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in humans, including the major 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa.
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E.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Filoviridae Target entity description: Filoviridae is a family of enveloped, filamentous, negative-sense RNA viruses that includes the Ebola and Marburg viruses, known for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other primates.
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A.
Ebolavirus
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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B.
Ricketts family
The Ricketts family is an American family of investors and philanthropists best known for owning and revitalizing the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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D.
Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus is a highly virulent species of Ebola virus responsible for severe hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in humans, including the major 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa.
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E.
vesicular stomatitis virus
Vesicular stomatitis virus is an enveloped, negative-sense RNA virus of the Rhabdoviridae family that primarily infects livestock and is widely used as a viral vector in vaccine development and virology research.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
taxon
ⓘ
virus family ⓘ |
| associatedWith | high case-fatality rates ⓘ |
| BaltimoreClassification | Group V ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevelRequirement | BSL-4 ⓘ |
| causesDisease |
severe hemorrhagic fever in humans
ⓘ
severe hemorrhagic fever in non-human primates ⓘ viral hemorrhagic fever ⓘ |
| class | Monjiviricetes ⓘ |
| containsGenus |
Cuevavirus
ⓘ
Dianlovirus ⓘ Ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marburgvirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Striavirus ⓘ Thamnovirus ⓘ |
| domain | Riboviria ⓘ |
| enveloped | true ⓘ |
| etymology | derived from Latin "filum" meaning thread ⓘ |
| firstDescribed | 1967 ⓘ |
| firstOutbreakLocation |
Marburg, Hesse, Germany
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surface form:
Marburg, Germany
|
| genomeApproxSize | about 19 kb ⓘ |
| genomeOrganization | linear ⓘ |
| genomePolarity | negative-sense ⓘ |
| genomeSegmentation | non-segmented ⓘ |
| genomeStrandedness | single-stranded ⓘ |
| genomeType | negative-sense single-stranded RNA ⓘ |
| host |
bats
ⓘ
humans ⓘ non-human primates ⓘ |
| ICTVRecognized | true ⓘ |
| kingdom |
Riboviria
ⓘ
surface form:
Orthornavirae
|
| naturalReservoir | bats ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Bombali ebolavirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bundibugyo ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marburg virus NERFINISHED ⓘ Ravn virus ⓘ Reston ebolavirus ⓘ Sudan ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Taï Forest ebolavirus ⓘ Zaire ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| order | Mononegavirales ONNED1 ⓘ |
| phylum | Negarnaviricota ⓘ |
| realm | Riboviria ⓘ |
| replicationSite | cytoplasm ⓘ |
| subphylum |
Mononegavirales
ⓘ
surface form:
Haploviricotina
|
| taxonRank | family ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
contact with infected animals
ⓘ
direct contact with blood or body fluids ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Marburg virus
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surface form:
Marburg marburgvirus
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| virionComponent |
glycoprotein spikes
ⓘ
helical nucleocapsid ⓘ lipid envelope ⓘ |
| virionDiameter | about 80 nm ⓘ |
| virionLength | up to about 1400 nm ⓘ |
| virionShape |
filamentous
ⓘ
pleomorphic ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Filoviridae Description of subject: Filoviridae is a family of enveloped, filamentous, negative-sense RNA viruses that includes the Ebola and Marburg viruses, known for causing severe hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other primates.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Filoviruses
this entity surface form:
filoviruses
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filoviruses
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filoviruses