Table 1.
Key changes in marburgvirus and ebolavirus taxonomy
| Year | ICTV-approved taxonomy/nomenclature | Nomenclature predominantly used by laboratory virologists (as judged by use in publications [25]) |
|---|---|---|
| 1967–1971 | None | Marburg virus, Rhabdovirus simiae |
| 1971–1976 [72] | Rhabdovirus monkey (Marburg) virus | Marburg virus |
| 1976–1979 [13] | None | Marburg virus |
| Ebola virus | ||
| 1979–1982 [30] | Unclassified: Marburg (virus) | Marburg virus |
| Unclassified: Ebola (virus) | Ebola virus | |
| 1982–1991 [31] | Unclassified: Marburg virus | Marburg virus |
| Unclassified: Ebola virus | Ebola virus | |
| 1991–1995 [14] | Family Filoviridae | Family Filoviridae |
| Genus Filovirus | Genus Filovirus | |
| Species Marburg virus | Virus: Marburg virusa | |
| Species Ebola virus | Virus: Ebola virus | |
| Biotype Sudan | Sudan subtype/Ebola Sudan | |
| Biotype Zaire | Zaire subtype/Ebola Zaire | |
| 1995–2000 [20] | Family Filoviridae | Family Filoviridae |
| Genus Filovirus | Genus Filovirus | |
| Species Marburg virus (MBGV) | Virus: Marburg virus (MBGV) | |
| Species Ebola virus Reston (EBOV-R) | Virus: Ebola virus (EBOV) | |
| Species Ebola virus Sudan (EBOV-S) | Reston subtype/Ebola Reston | |
| Species Ebola virus Zaire (EBOV-Z) | Sudan subtype/Ebola Sudan | |
| Zaire subtype/Ebola Zaire | ||
| 2000–2005 [39] | Order Mononegavirales | Family Filoviridae |
| Family Filoviridae | Virus: Marburg virus (MBGV, MARV) | |
| Genus “Marburg-like viruses” | Virus: Ebola virus (EBOV) | |
| Species Marburg virus (MARV) | Subtype Ivory Coast/Ebola Ivory Coast | |
| Genus “Ebola-like viruses” | Subtype Reston/Ebola Reston | |
| Species Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus (CIEBOV) [sic] | Subtype Sudan/Ebola Sudan | |
| Species Reston Ebola virus (REBOV) | Subtype Zaire/Ebola Zaire | |
| Species Sudan Ebola virus (SEBOV) | ||
| Species Zaire Ebola virus (ZEBOV) | ||
| 2005–present [12] | Order Mononegavirales | Order Mononegavirales |
| Family Filoviridae | Family Filoviridae | |
| Genus Marburgvirus | Genus Marburgvirus | |
| Species Lake Victoria marburgvirus | Virus: Marburg virus (MARV) | |
| Virus: Lake Victoria marburgvirus (MARV) | Genus Ebolavirus | |
| Genus Ebolavirus | Virus: Ebola virus (Ivory Coast) (EBOV) | |
| Species Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus [sic] | Virus: Ebola virus (Reston) (EBOV) | |
| Virus: Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus [sic] (CIEBOV) | Virus: Ebola virus (Sudan) (EBOV) | |
| Species Reston ebolavirus | Virus: Ebola virus (Zaire), Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV, ZEBOV) | |
| Virus: Reston ebolavirus (REBOV) | ||
| Species Sudan ebolavirus | ||
| Virus: Sudan ebolavirus (SEBOV) | ||
| Species Zaire Ebola virus | ||
| Virus: Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV) |
a
Laboratory virologists often referred to species in their articles, but in the vast majority of cases what they meant [as judged by the authors] is viruses