Species of virus
The
species
Tai Forest ebolavirus
(
)
[1]
is a
virological taxon
included in the genus
Ebolavirus
, family
Filoviridae
, order
Mononegavirales
. The species has a single
virus
member, Tai Forest virus (TAFV).
[1]
The members of the species are called Tai Forest ebolaviruses.
[1]
Tai Forest ebolavirus
has been seen in a single human infection due to contact with chimpanzees from the
Tai Forest
in
Cote d'Ivoire
.
[2]
Nomenclature
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The name
Tai Forest ebolavirus
is derived from
Parc National de Tai
(the name of a national park in
Cote d'Ivoire
, where Tai Forest virus was first discovered) and the
taxonomic
suffix
ebolavirus
(which denotes an ebolavirus species).
[1]
According to the rules for taxon naming established by the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
(ICTV), the name
Tai Forest ebolavirus
is always to be
capitalized
,
italicized
, never abbreviated, and to be preceded by the word "species". The names of its members (Tai Forest ebolaviruses) are to be capitalized, are not italicized, and used without
articles
.
[1]
The species was introduced in 1998 as
Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus
.
[3]
[4]
In 2002, the name was changed to
Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus
.
[5]
[6]
The name was proposed to be changed to
Tai Forest ebolavirus
in 2010,
[1]
and this proposal was immediately accepted by the ICTV.
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citation needed
]
A virus of the genus
Ebolavirus
is a member of the species
Tai Forest ebolavirus
if:
[1]
- it is endemic in Cote d'Ivoire
- it has a genome with three gene overlaps (
VP35
/
VP40
,
GP
/
VP30
,
VP24
/
L
)
- it has a genomic sequence different from
Ebola virus
by ≥30% but different from that of Tai Forest virus by <30%.
Tai Forest virus (
;
[1]
TAFV) is a close relative of the much more commonly known
Ebola virus
(EBOV). TAFV causes severe
disease
in
primates
, the
Ebola
hemorrhagic fever
. TAFV is a
Select Agent
,
World Health Organization
Risk Group 4 Pathogen (requiring
Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment
),
National Institutes of Health
/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Category A Priority Pathogen,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Category A Bioterrorism Agent
, and listed as a Biological Agent for Export Control by the
Australia Group
.
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citation needed
]
Use of term
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Tai Forest virus (abbreviated TAFV) was first described in 1995 as a new "strain" of
Ebola virus
.
[7]
It is the single member of the
species
Tai Forest ebolavirus
, which is included into the
genus
Ebolavirus
,
family
Filoviridae
,
order
Mononegavirales
.
[1]
The name Tai Forest virus is derived from
Parc National de Tai
(the name of a national park in
Cote d'Ivoire
, where it was first discovered) and the
taxonomic
suffix
virus
. According to the rules for taxon naming established by the
International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses
(ICTV), the name Tai Forest virus is always to be
capitalized
, but (in contrast to taxon names, e. g. genus and species names) is never
italicized
, and may be
abbreviated
(with TAFV being the official abbreviation).
[8]
Previous designations
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Tai Forest virus was first introduced as a new "strain" of Ebola virus in 1995.
[7]
In 2000, it received the designation Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus,
[9]
[10]
and in 2002 the name was changed to Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus.
[5]
[6]
(both times misspelling "Cote"). Other names circulating in the literature were the correct Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus and Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus, and the jargon terms Ivory Coast Ebola virus and Ivory Coast ebolavirus. Previous abbreviations for the virus were EBOV-CI (for Ebola virus Cote d'Ivoire or Ebola virus Cote d'Ivoire), EBOV-IC (for Ebola virus Ivory Coast), ICEBOV (for Ivory Coast Ebola virus or Ivory Coast ebolavirus) and most recently CIEBOV (for Cote d;Ivoire Ebola virus, Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus, Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus or Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus). The virus received its final designation in 2010, when it was renamed Tai Forest virus (TAFV).
[1]
Virus inclusion criteria
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A virus of the species
Tai Forest ebolavirus
is a Tai Forest virus (TAFV) if it has the properties of Tai Forest ebolaviruses and if its
genome
diverges from that of the prototype Tai Forest virus, Tai Forest virus variant Cote d'Ivoire (TAFV/CI), by ≤10% at the
nucleotide
level.
[1]
Disease
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TAFV is one of four ebolaviruses that causes
Ebola virus disease
(EVD) in humans (in the literature also often referred to as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, EHF). EVD due to TAFV infection cannot be differentiated from EVD caused by other ebolaviruses by clinical observation alone, which is why the clinical presentation and pathology of infections by all ebolaviruses is presented together on a separate page (see
Ebola virus disease
). TAFV made its first and thus far only known appearance in 1994 during a viral hemorrhagic fever
epizootic
among western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in
Tai National Park
,
Cote d'Ivoire
. As more dead western chimpanzees were discovered, many tested positive for infection with an ebolavirus distinct from those already known. One of the scientists performing the necropsies on the infected western chimpanzees contracted TAFV. She developed symptoms similar to those of
dengue fever
approximately a week after the necropsy, and was transported to Switzerland for treatment. She was discharged from hospital after two weeks and had fully recovered six weeks after the infection.
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citation needed
]
Ecology
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The ecology of TAFV is currently unclear and no reservoir host has yet been identified. Therefore, it remains unclear how TAFV was introduced into the western chimpanzee population.
Bats
are suspected to harbor the virus because infectious
Marburg virus
(MARV), a distantly related filovirus, has been isolated from bats,
[11]
and because traces (but no infectious particles) of the more closely related
Ebola virus
(EBOV) were found in bats as well.
[12]
Molecular biology
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TAFV is basically uncharacterized on a molecular level. However, its genomic sequence, and with it the
genomic
organization and the conservation of individual
open reading frames
, is similar to that of the other four known ebolaviruses. It is therefore currently assumed that the knowledge obtained for EBOV can be
extrapolated
to TAFV and that all TAFV
proteins
behave analogous to those of EBOV.
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citation needed
]
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