New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature

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Kuhn, Jens H.
Adachi, Takuya
Adhikari, Neill K.J.
Arribas, Jose R.
Bah, Ibrahima E.
Bausch, Daniel G.
Bhadelia, Nahid
Borchert, Matthias
Brantsæter, Arne Broch
Brett-Major, David M.

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Nature Research

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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.

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Viruses, Nomenclature, Outbreaks, Classification, Ebola virus disease (EVD), Ebola virus (EBOV), Viral diseases, Bioaccumulation

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Kuhn, J.H., Adachi, T., Adhikari, N.K.J. et al. New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature. Nature Reviews Microbiology 17, 261–263 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0187-4.