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Ravn virus
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
.
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