New filovirus disease classification and nomenclature

The recent large outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Western Africa resulted in greatly increased accumulation of human genotypic, phenotypic and clinical data, and improved our understanding of the spectrum of clinical manifestations. As a result, the WHO disease classification of EVD underwent major revision. The recent large outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Western Africa resulted in greatly increased accumulation of human...