Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
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Filoviridae- Marburg and Ebola virus<br />
• Ebola hemorrhagic fever<br />
• A severe and often fatal<br />
disease in human or<br />
nonhuman primates<br />
• 1 st recognition- 1976<br />
• 4 subtypes:<br />
• Humans- Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-<br />
Sudan, and Ebola-Ivory Coast<br />
• Nonhuman Primates- Ebola-<br />
Reston<br />
An RNA virus<br />
-1967, Marburg<br />
-1976, Ebola/Zaire<br />
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