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what is a filovirus?

what is a filovirus?

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filovirus

In Latin, "thread virus." The filovirus family consists of four simlar viruses: Marburg, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, and Ebola Reston. Each strain consists of seven proteins, four of which are unknown.

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