Bundibugyo virus [SEP] parent taxon
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Use of term.
Bundibugyo virus (abbreviated BDBV) was first described in 2008 as a single member of a suggested new species "Bundibugyo ebolavirus", which was suggested to be included into the genus "Ebolavirus", family "Filoviridae", order "Mononegavirales". The name Bundibugyo virus is derived from "Bundibugyo" (the name of the chief town of the Ugandan Bundibugyo District, where it was first discovered) and the taxonomic suffix "virus".
Bundibugyo virus
Bundibugyo virus ( ; BDBV) is a close relative of the much more commonly known Ebola virus (EBOV). BDBV causes severe disease in humans and (experimentally) in nonhuman primates, the Ebola hemorrhagic fever. BDBV is a Select Agent, World Health Organization Risk Group 4 Pathogen (requiring Biosafety Level 4-equivalent containment), National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Category A Priority Pathogen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Category A Bioterrorism Agent, and is listed as a Biological Agent