NCIt definition : A family of filamentous viruses with helical capsids and glycoprotein projections
on their surface. The virus may have a branched morphology of varying length. The
genome is composed of a linear single-strand of negative sense RNA. Filoviridae infect
primates, pigs and bats in nature and are a causitive agent of viral hemorrhagic fevers
in humans and primates.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any viral organism that can be assigned to the family Filoviridae.;