Ravn virus

Ravn virus (RAVV)
Virus classification
Group:	Group V ((−)ssRNA)
Order:	Mononegavirales
Family:	Filoviridae
Genus:	Marburgvirus
Species:	Marburg marburgvirus

Ravn virus (RAVV) is a close relative of the much more commonly known Marburg virus (MARV). RAVV causes Marburg virus disease in humans and nonhuman primates, a form of viral hemorrhagic fever. RAVV 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 listed as a Biological Agent for Export Control by the Australia Group.

Ravn virus (today abbreviated RAVV, but then considered identical to Marburg virus) was first described in 1996. Today, the virus is classified as one of two members of the species Marburg marburgvirus, which is included into the genus Marburgvirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales. The name Ravn virus is derived from Ravn (the name of the Danish patient from whom this virus was first isolated) and the taxonomic suffix virus.

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