TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of filoviridae
T2 - Marburg and Ebola viruses
AU - Beer, Brigitte
AU - Kurth, Reinhard
AU - Bukreyev, Alexander
PY - 1999/4/13
Y1 - 1999/4/13
N2 - Filoviruses are enveloped, nonsegmented negative-stranded RNA viruses. The two species, Marburg and Ebola virus, are serologically, biochemically, and genetically distinct. Marburg virus was first isolated during an outbreak in Europe in 1967, and Ebola virus emerged in 1976 as the causative agent of two simultaneous outbreaks in southern Sudan and northern Zaire. Although the main route of infection is known to be person-to-person transmission by intimate contact, the natural reservoir for filoviruses still remains a mystery.
AB - Filoviruses are enveloped, nonsegmented negative-stranded RNA viruses. The two species, Marburg and Ebola virus, are serologically, biochemically, and genetically distinct. Marburg virus was first isolated during an outbreak in Europe in 1967, and Ebola virus emerged in 1976 as the causative agent of two simultaneous outbreaks in southern Sudan and northern Zaire. Although the main route of infection is known to be person-to-person transmission by intimate contact, the natural reservoir for filoviruses still remains a mystery.
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U2 - 10.1007/s001140050562
DO - 10.1007/s001140050562
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10024977
AN - SCOPUS:0032995455
VL - 86
SP - 8
EP - 17
JO - Die Naturwissenschaften
JF - Die Naturwissenschaften
SN - 0028-1042
IS - 1
ER -