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noun
A virus of the genus Simplexvirus that infects macaques and can very rarely cause zoonotic infection in humans that is highly fatal if untreated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
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History
Named after young physician Dr. William Bartlet Brebner, whose death from the virus following a macaque bite in 1932 led to the discovery of the virus.
