1. A family of single-stranded RNA viruses that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fevers in humans and other animals, including Ebola and Marburg viruses.
Usage: technical; medical; plural form of filovirus

Examples

• Filoviruses are among the most dangerous pathogens known to science.
• The outbreak was traced to filoviruses transmitted from fruit bats to humans.
• Researchers study filoviruses in high-containment biosafety laboratories.
• Filoviruses have caused several major epidemics in Central Africa.
• The structure of filoviruses makes them difficult to treat with conventional antivirals.