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Taï Forest virus
Taï Forest virus
(TAFV) is a close relative of the much more commonly known
Ebola virus
(EBOV). TAFV causes severe
disease
in
primates
, the
Ebola
hemorrhagic fever
. TAFV 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
.
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