Renaming of genera Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus to Orthoebolavirus and Orthomarburgvirus, respectively, and introduction of binomial species names within family Filoviridae

Nadine Biedenkopf; Alexander Bukreyev; Kartik Chandran; Nicholas Di Paola; Pierre B H Formenty; Anthony Griffiths; Adam J Hume; Elke Mühlberger; Sergey V Netesov; Gustavo Palacios; Janusz T Pawęska; Sophie Smither; Ayato Takada; Victoria Wahl; Jens H Kuhn

doi:10.1007/s00705-023-05834-2

Renaming of genera Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus to Orthoebolavirus and Orthomarburgvirus, respectively, and introduction of binomial species names within family Filoviridae

Arch Virol. 2023 Aug 3;168(8):220. doi: 10.1007/s00705-023-05834-2.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Virology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
² The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
⁴ United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA.
⁵ World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Virology, Immunology and Microbiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia.
⁸ Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Sandringham-Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
¹⁰ CBR Division, Dstl, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
¹¹ Division of Global Epidemiology, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
¹² National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA.
¹³ Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick (IRF-Frederick), Division of Clinical Research (DCR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), B-8200 Research Plaza, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA. kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov.

PMID: 37537381
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-023-05834-2

Abstract

The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) Filoviridae Study Group continues to prospectively refine the established nomenclature for taxa included in family Filoviridae in an effort to decrease confusion of genus, species, and virus names and to adhere to amended stipulations of the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (ICVCN). Recently, the genus names Ebolavirus and Marburgvirus were changed to Orthoebolavirus and Orthomarburgvirus, respectively. Additionally, all established species names in family Filoviridae now adhere to the ICTV-mandated binomial format. Virus names remain unchanged and valid. Here, we outline the revised taxonomy of family Filoviridae as approved by the ICTV in April 2023.

MeSH terms

Ebolavirus*
Filoviridae*
Marburgvirus*
Viruses*

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