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filovirus

Virus causing the haemorrhagic fevers Ebola virus disease and Marburg disease. Filoviruses have a filamentous structure and are about 1,500 nanometres in length. They reduce the number of platelets in the blood and so interfere with clotting. The incubation period is less than a week.


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In settings where families are isolated from their surroundings, a filovirus may wipe out a household, leaving no witness to report the event.
 
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