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Published in final edited form as: Arch Virol. 2010 Oct 30;155(12):2083–2103. doi: 10.1007/s00705-010-0814-x

Table 8.

Summary of changes to marburgvirus and ebolavirus classification and nomenclature

Approved taxonomy (Eighth ICTV Report)	Proposed new taxonomy
Order Mononegavirales	Order Mononegavirales
Family Filoviridae	Family Filoviridae
Genus Marburgvirus	Genus Marburgvirus
Species Lake Victoria marburgvirus	Species Marburg marburgvirus
Virus: Lake Victoria marburgvirus (MARV)	Virus 1: Marburg virus (MARV)
	Virus 2: Ravn virus (RAVV)
Genus Ebolavirus	Genus Ebolavirus
Species Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus [sic]	Species Taï Forest ebolavirus
Virus: Cote d'Ivoire ebolavirus (CIEBOV) [sic]	Virus: Taï Forest virus (TAFV)
Species Reston ebolavirus	Species Reston ebolavirus
Virus: Reston ebolavirus (REBOV)	Virus: Reston virus (RESTV)
Species Sudan ebolavirus	Species Sudan ebolavirus
Virus: Sudan ebolavirus (SEBOV)	Virus: Sudan virus (SUDV)
Species Zaire ebolavirus	Species Zaire ebolavirus
Virus: Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV)	Virus: Ebola virus (EBOV)
	Species Bundibugyo ebolavirus
	Virus: Bundibugyo virus (BDBV)
	Genus Cuevavirus (tentative)
	Species Lloviu cuevavirus (tentative)
	Virus: Lloviu virus (LLOV)