Table 6.
Use of ICTV-accepted virus names versus use of colloquial terms since the introduction of the most recent ICTV nomenclature in 2002 [32] (as of February 28, 2010)
| Occurrence in PubMed article titles |
Occurrence in PubMed articles |
|
|---|---|---|
| “Lake Victoria marburgvirus” (ICTV) | 1 | 6 |
| “Marburg virus” | 57 | 202 |
| “Zaire ebolavirus” (ICTV) | 7 | 35 |
| “Zaire Ebola virus” | 3 | 14 |
| “Ebola virus Zaire” | 2 | 5 |
| “Ebola Zaire [virus]” | 3 | 23 |
| “Ebola virus” a | 244 | 416 |
| “Reston ebolavirus” (ICTV) | 1 | 8 |
| “Reston Ebola virus” | 3 | 5 |
| “Ebola virus Reston” | 2 | 2 |
| “Ebola Reston [virus]” | 5 | 7 |
| “Sudan ebolavirus” (ICTV) | 0 | 8 |
| “Sudan Ebola virus” | 2 | 2 |
| “Ebola virus Sudan” | 1 | 2 |
| “Ebola Sudan [virus]” | 1 | 4 |
| “Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus” [sic] (ICTV) | 0 | 3 |
| “Côte d'Ivoire ebolavirus” | 0 | 3 |
| “Cote d'Ivoire Ebola virus” [sic] | 0 | 7 |
| “Côte d'Ivoire Ebola virus” | 0 | 7 |
| “Ivory Coast ebolavirus” | 0 | 3 |
| “Ebola Ivory Coast [virus]” | 0 | 11 |
| “Ebola Côte d'Ivoire [virus]” | 0 | 7 |
Note that this search does not differentiate between species and viruses. However, in the vast majority of articles that refer to species names, virus names are actually meant [as judged by the authors] Ebola virus was used predominantly, but not exclusively, for “Zaire ebolavirus”–hence the correct number is slightly smaller than the one stated in this table