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n. - A family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees).

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  • The Marburg virus, like its fearsome cousin Ebola, belongs to the Filoviridae family.
  • The professor referred to this case during the lecture "Filoviridae: Ebola and Marburg," within the framework of the IV Conference of Microbiology and Public Health at...
  • ST-669 is SIGA's lead broad-spectrum antiviral candidate compound for viruses in the Poxviridae, Filoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Arenaviridae, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae,...
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