What this page does and does not yet contain. This is the taxonomy pass. Every virus below carries its ICTV classification and the evidence that it infects people. Vaccines, antivirals, antibodies and disease-burden figures have not been searched yet — that is why the last column says so, rather than being blank or saying “none”. An empty cell would claim that nothing exists; this claims only that nobody has looked.
Taxonomy is copied by script from the ICTV Virus Metadata Resource and is never hand-edited. How a virus qualifies for this list, and which viruses are deliberately left out, is on the methods page.
Where this family sits
Ranks above family are shared by every member, copied from ICTV MSL41.v1 / VMR_MSL41.v1.20260729.xlsx.
| Realm | Riboviria |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum | Negarnaviricota |
| Class | Monjiviricetes |
| Order | Mononegavirales |
| Family | Filoviridae |
Genome type in this family: V — (−)ssRNA.
Members with evidence of human infection
5 of this family’s species qualify for the index. Species with no human sequence evidence, and the commensal families left out altogether, are explained on the methods page.
| Virus | Family | Baltimore class | ICTV species | Human infection | Countermeasures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundibugyo virusBDBV; Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense | Filoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Ebola virusEBOV; Ebola; Orthoebolavirus zairense | Filoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthoebolavirus zairense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Vaccine: Approved Antibody: Approved |
| Marburg virusMARV; RAVV; Ravn virus; MBG | Filoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthomarburgvirus marburgense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Sudan virusSUDV; Orthoebolavirus sudanense | Filoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthoebolavirus sudanense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
| Taï Forest virusTAFV; Orthoebolavirus taiense | Filoviridae | V — (−)ssRNA | Orthoebolavirus taiense | Human infection recorded; pattern not classified | Not searched yet |
Countermeasures across this family
Vaccines, antivirals and antibodies have not been searched for this family yet. When they are, this section will carry the family-level summary that makes broad-spectrum candidates visible. It is empty because the work is outstanding, not because nothing exists.