Bundibugyo ebolavirus

Species Bundibugyo ebolavirus (accepted)
Virus classification
Group: Group V ((-)ssRNA)
Order: Mononegavirales
Family: Filoviridae
Genus: Ebolavirus
Species: Bundibugyo ebolavirus (accepted)
Member virus (Abbreviation)

Bundibugyo virus (BDBV)

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Introduction and use of term

The species Bundibugyo ebolavirus is a virological taxon that was suggested in 2008 to be included in the genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales.[1] The species has a single virus member, Bundibugyo virus (BDBV).[2] The members of the species are called Bundibugyo ebolaviruses.[2] The name Bundibugyo ebolavirus is derived from Bundibugyo (the name of the chief town of the Ugandan Bundibugyo District, where Bundibugyo virus was first discovered) and the taxonomic suffix ebolavirus (which denotes an ebolavirus species).[2] Bundibugyo ebolavirus is pronounced ˌbʊndiː’bʊdʒɔː iːˌboʊlə’vɑɪrəs (IPA) or boon-dee-boo-jaw ee-boh-luh-vahy-ruhs or boon-dee-boo-joh ee-boh-luh-vahy-ruhs in English phonetic notation.[2] According to the rules for taxon naming established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the name Bundibugyo ebolavirus is always to be capitalized, italicized, never abbreviated, and to be preceded by the word "species". The names of its members (Bundibugyo ebolaviruses) are to be capitalized, are not italicized, and used without articles.[2] A formal proposal to accept this species into virus taxonomy has been submitted in 2010. The ICTV Executive Committee has accepted the new species, but this decision has yet to be ratified.

Species inclusion criteria

A virus of the genus Ebolavirus is a member of the species Bundibugyo ebolavirus if:[2]

References

  1. ^ Towner, J. S.; Sealy, T. K.; Khristova, M. L.; Albarino, C. G.; Conlan, S.; Reeder, S. A.; Quan, P. L.; Lipkin, W. I. et al. (2008). "Newly discovered Ebola virus associated with hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Uganda". PLoS Pathogens 4 (11): e1000212. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000212. PMC 2581435. PMID 19023410. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2581435. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Kuhn, Jens H.; Becker, Stephan; Ebihara, Hideki; Geisbert, Thomas W.; Johnson, Karl M.; Kawaoka, Yoshihiro; Lipkin, W. Ian; Negredo, Ana I et al. (2010). "Proposal for a revised taxonomy of the family Filoviridae: Classification, names of taxa and viruses, and virus abbreviations". Archives of Virology 155 (12): 2083–103. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0814-x. PMC 3074192. PMID 21046175. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=3074192. 

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