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noun
Any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: filovirus
History
After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) + virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.
Across languages
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