Authors: Filoviridae
Nadine Biedenkopf
Institute of Virology
Philipps-University Marburg
35043 Marburg
Germany
E-mail: nadine.biedenkopf@staff.uni-marburg.de
Alexander Bukreyev
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston
Texas 77555
USA
E-mail: alexander.bukreyev@utmb.edu
Kartik Chandran
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx
New York 10461
USA
E-mail: kartik.chandran@einsteinmed.edu
Nicholas Di Paola
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Maryland 21702
USA
E-mail: nicholas.dipaola.civ@health.mil
Pierre B. H. Formenty
World Health Organization
CH-1211 Geneva
Switzerland
E-mail: formentyp@who.int
Anthony Griffiths
Department of Virology, Immunology and Microbiology
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University
Boston
Massachusetts 02118
USA
E-mail: ahgriff@bu.edu
Adam J. Hume
Department of Virology, Immunology and Microbiology
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University
Boston
Massachusetts 02118
USA
E-mail: hume@bu.edu
Elke Mühlberger
Department of Virology, Immunology and Microbiology
Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories
Boston University
Boston
Massachusetts 02118
USA
E-mail: muehlber@bu.edu
Sergey V. Netesov (Нетёсов Сергей Викторович)
Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk Oblast
630090
Russia
E-mail: netesov.s@nsu.ru
Gustavo Palacios
Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York
New York
USA
E-mail: gustavo.palacios@mssm.edu
Janusz T. Pawęska
Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases
National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service
2131 Sandringham-Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
E-mail: januszp@nicd.ac.za
Sophie J. Smither
CBR Division
Dstl
Porton Down
Salisbury SP4 0JQ
Wiltshire
UK
E-mail: SJSMITHER@mail.dstl.gov.uk
Ayato Takada (高田礼人)
Division of Global Epidemiology
International Institute for Zoonosis Control
Hokkaido University
001-0020 Sapporo
Japan
E-mail: atakada@czc.hokudai.ac.jp
Victoria Wahl
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Maryland 21702
USA
E-mail: Victoria.Wahl@ST.DHS.GOV
Jens H. Kuhn*
Chair, ICTV Filoviridae Study Group
Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Maryland 21702
USA
E-mail: kuhnjens@mail.nih.gov
* corresponding author
Authors who contributed to a previous version of this Report
Authors who, in addition to the authors above, contributed to the previous version of this report were: Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Christopher F. Basler, Sina Bavari, Ian Crozier, Olga Dolnik, John M. Dye, Roger Hewson, Gary P. Kobinger, Eric M. Leroy, and Bernadett Pályi.
The chapter in the Ninth ICTV Report, which served as the template for this chapter, was contributed by Kuhn, J.H., Becker, S., Ebihara, H., Geisbert, T.W., Jahrling, P.B., Kawaoka, Y., Netesov, S.V., Nichol, S.T., Peters, C.J., Volchkov, V.E., Ksiazek, T.G.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Anya Crane and Jiro Wada (Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD, USA) for critically editing the text and preparing figures.
Disclaimer
This work was supported in part through the Laulima Government Solutions, LLC, prime contract with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. J.H.K. performed this work as an employee of Tunnell Government Services (TGS), a subcontractor of Laulima Government Solutions, LLC, under Contract No. HHSN272201800013C. This work was funded under Agreement No. HSHQDC-15-C-00064 awarded to Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI) by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for the management and operation of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (V.W.). The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government or its departments or of the institutions and companies affiliated with the authors, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government. In no event shall DHS, BNBI or NBACC have any responsibility or liability for any use, misuse, inability to use, or reliance upon the information contained herein. In addition, no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, accuracy or adequacy is provided regarding the contents of this document.