Reston virus (abbreviated RESTV) was first described in 1990 as a new "strain" of Ebola virus, a result of mutation from Ebola virus. It is the single member of the species Reston ebolavirus, which is included into the genus Ebolavirus, family Filoviridae, order Mononegavirales. Reston virus is named after Reston, Virginia, US, where the virus was first discovered. Reston virus is pronounced ‘rɛstən vɑɪrəs (IPA) or res-tuhn vahy-ruhs in English phonetic notation. According to the rules for taxon naming established by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV), the name Reston virus is always to be capitalized, but is never italicized, and may be abbreviated (with RESTV being the official abbreviation).
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