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Meaning of "filovirus" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FILOVIRUS

From Latin filum thread + virus.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FILOVIRUS

filovirus  [ˈfaɪləʊˌvaɪrəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FILOVIRUS

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Filovirus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FILOVIRUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Filoviridae

The family Filoviridae is the taxonomic home of several related viruses that form filamentous virions. Two members of the family that are commonly known are Ebola virus and Marburg virus. Both viruses, and some of their lesser known relatives, cause severe disease in humans and nonhuman primates in the form of viral hemorrhagic fevers. All ebolaviruses and marburgviruses are Select Agents, World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogens, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Category A Priority Pathogens, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A Bioterrorism Agents, and listed as Biological Agents for Export Control by the Australia Group. It is expected that cuevaviruses will be classified in a similar way in the near future.

Definition of filovirus in the English dictionary

The definition of filovirus in the dictionary is any member of a family of viruses that includes the agents responsible for Ebola virus disease and Marburg disease.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FILOVIRUS


antivirus
ˈæntɪˌvaɪrəs
arbovirus
ˈɑːbəʊˌvaɪrəs
baculovirus
ˈbækjʊləʊˌvaɪrəs
coronavirus
kəˈrəʊnəˌvaɪrəs
cytomegalovirus
ˌsaɪtəʊˈmɛɡələʊˌvaɪrəs
echovirus
ˈɛkəʊˌvaɪrəs
flavivirus
ˈfleɪvɪˌvaɪrəs
hantavirus
ˈhæntəˌvaɪrəs
herpesvirus
ˈhɜːpiːzˌvaɪrəs
lentivirus
ˈlɛntɪˌvaɪrəs
norovirus
ˈnɔːrəʊˌvaɪrəs
oncornavirus
ˈɒŋkɔːnəˌvaɪrəs
papovavirus
pəˈpəʊvəˌvaɪrəs
parvovirus
ˈpɑːvəʊˌvaɪrəs
picornavirus
ˈpɪˈkɔːnəˌvaɪrəs
provirus
ˈprəʊˌvaɪrəs
retrovirus
ˈrɛtrəʊˌvaɪrəs
rhabdovirus
ˈræbdəʊˌvaɪrəs
rhinovirus
ˈraɪnəʊˌvaɪrəs
rotavirus
ˈrəʊtəˌvaɪrəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FILOVIRUS

filmsetting
filmy
filmy fern
filo
filo pastry
Filofax
filoplume
filopodia
filose
filoselle
fils
filter
filter bed
filter cake
filter cigarette
filter coffee
filter feeder
filter feeding
filter lane
filter light

WORDS THAT END LIKE FILOVIRUS

adenovirus
canine parvovirus
computer virus
Coxsackie virus
enterovirus
Epirus
Epstein-Barr virus
HIV virus
human immunodeficiency virus
human papilloma virus
morbillivirus
Norwalk virus
papillomavirus
para-influenza virus
paramyxovirus
polio virus
poxvirus
reovirus
respiratory syncytial virus
tobacco mosaic virus
virus

Synonyms and antonyms of filovirus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «filovirus» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FILOVIRUS

Find out the translation of filovirus to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of filovirus from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «filovirus» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

纤维病毒
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Translator English - Spanish

filovirus
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filovirus
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Translator English - Hindi

filovirus
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

filovirus
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

филовирусов
278 millions of speakers

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filovirus
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Translator English - Bengali

filovirus
260 millions of speakers

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filovirus
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Filovirus
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Translator English - German

filovirus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィロウイルス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

filovirus
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Filovirus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

filovirus
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

filovirus
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाल्वोरसस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Filovirus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

filovirus
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

filovirus
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

філовірусів
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

filovirus
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Filovirus
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Translator English - Afrikaans

filovirus
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

filovirus
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Translator English - Norwegian

filovirus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of filovirus

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FILOVIRUS»

The term «filovirus» is normally little used and occupies the 132.891 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FILOVIRUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «filovirus» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «filovirus» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about filovirus

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FILOVIRUS»

Discover the use of filovirus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to filovirus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Filoviruses: A Compendium of 40 Years of Epidemiological, ...
4.2 Filovirus taxonomy, evolution, and phylogeny Filovirus taxonomy changed continuously since the discovery of the MARV in 1967. Several recommendations from taxonomy committees regarding terminology were followed by the research  ...
Jens Kuhn, Charles H. Calisher, 2008
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Handbook of Viral Bioterrorism and Biodefense
In consequence, filovirus epidemics can be halted by isolating patients and instituting standard infection control and barrier nursing procedures. The filovirus disease syndrome resembles that caused by other hemorrhagic fever viruses, ...
Erik De Clercq, Earl R. Kern, 2003
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Disaster Medicine
In suspected cases of filovirus infection/terrorist attack, coordination of local, state , and federal agencies would be required to diagnose and manage the incident. Notably,state departments of public health,the CDC,and the U.S. Army Medical ...
Gregory R. Ciottone, 2006
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The Role of Reverse Genetics Systems in the Study of ...
In the development of diagnostic tools to help in the study of filoviruses, we generated a ZEBOV-GFP cDNA construct which expresses GFP in infected cells.
Steven Serge Theriault, 2006
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers
20 15 14 69 264 17 22 73 14 17 Filovirus isolation, IFA (EBOV) Filovirus isolation , ELISA (EBOV) Filovirus isolation, IFA (EBOV) Filovirus isolation, ELISA (EBOV) Filovirus isolation, IFA (EBOV) Filovirus isolation, ELISA (EBOV) qRT-PCR ...
Sunit K. Singh, Daniel Ruzek, 2013
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Receptor-independent/-associated viral tropism
Akio Adachi. FIGURE 1 | Phylogenetic analysis of filovirus GP amino acid sequences. The phylogenetic tree was constructed using the neighbor-joining method. For construction of this tree, ten complete GP amino acid sequences were used.
Akio Adachi
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Issues in Biological, Biochemical, and Evolutionary Sciences ...
Although there is evidence that wild mammals are infected by filoviruses, the biology of host-filovirus systems is notoriously poorly understood.” “Specifically, identifying potential reservoir species with the expected long-term coevolutionary  ...
‎2012
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Ebola and Marburg Viruses: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Experimental approaches to identifying additional filovirus entry factors. ( 1 ) Proteins homologous in structure or amino acid sequence to previously implicated entry factors may mediate filovirus entry in other cellular contexts. (2) Downstream ...
Hans-Dieter Klenk, Heinz Feldmann, 2004
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Hunter's Tropical Medicine and Emerging Infectious ...
Clinical care of suspected filovirus patients should follow BSL-3 practices at a minimum, which requires the use of barrier gowns, two pairs of gloves, eye protection and a mask or N95 respirator. Airborne precautions and negative- pressure ...
Alan J. Magill, Edward T. Ryan, James H. Maguire, 2013
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Glycoconjugates—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
Crucell. Holland,. Leiden: Ad35. and. ad26. vaccine. vectors. induce. potent. and. cross-reactive. antibody. and. T-cell. responses. to. multiple. filovirus. species. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — Investigators ...
‎2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FILOVIRUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term filovirus is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rethinking the Response to Emerging Microbes: Vaccines and …
Jens Kuhn (NIAID) provided an overview of filovirus virology, and he reminded us that the individual filoviruses are indeed very different and ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
2
Field Evaluation of Rapid Ebola Immunoassay Reveals Limitations …
Indeed, said Altona's Stephan Oelschlaeger, who develops kits like the RealStar FiloVirus for molecular diagnosis of tropical and emerging ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
3
Bavarian Nordic Announces Option Exercise by US Government for …
The contract will support the development of a Filovirus vaccine using Bavarian Nordic's multivalent MVA-BN® Filo vaccine in a heterologous ... «PharmiWeb.com, Jun 15»
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BRIEF-Bavarian Nordic: US Government exercises option for …
... for the development of a vaccine that accelerates and enhances the immune response against Marburgvirus, a member of the Filovirus family. «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Postdoctoral Position in Biodefense Research Section
The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has focused attention on the development of a safe and effective vaccine against filovirus disease. «Scientific American, Jun 15»
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Ebola vaccine focus of UH and Hawaiʻi Biotech partnership
The filovirus vaccine was originally developed by Axel Lehrer and others at HBI while Lehrer was an employee with the company. Last year ... «UH System Current News, May 15»
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WHO Issues Interim Advice on Sexual Transmission of Ebola
... the WHO referred to a reported case of heterosexual transmission of Marburg virus, Ebola's sister filovirus, from a male survivor to his female ... «Medscape, May 15»
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Discovered a disease? WHO has new rules for avoiding offensive …
For instance, under the new rules, Marburg disease (named after a city in Germany) might have been called filovirus-associated haemorrhagic ... «Science /AAAS, May 15»
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WHO: Stall in Ebola decline highlights need for stronger response
... some light on antibody response after Ebola infection, given that 49% of survivors tested negative for antibodies to any filovirus, Bausch said. «CIDRAP, Apr 15»
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Ebola Lying in Wait
He and other experts said one possibility was that tests were picking up antibodies to an unknown nonlethal filovirus, the group that includes ... «New York Times, Apr 15»

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