Filoviridae

**Semantic type:** Virus

**Definition:** A family of filamentous viruses with helical capsids and glycoprotein projections on their surface. The virus may have a branched morphology of varying length. The genome is composed of a linear single-strand of negative sense RNA. Filoviridae infect primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causative agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers in humans and primates.

**Synonyms:** - FILOVIRIDAE - Filovirus