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Ebola Zaire
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English
Etymology
From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus genus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).
Noun
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a strain of Ebolavirus genus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate
Synonyms
en EBOV
en ZEBOV
Zaire ebolavirus species
en Zairevirus, en zairevirus, en Zaire virus
Hypernyms
en Ebola virus, Ebolavirus genus, en ebolavirus
en Ebola, en ebola
en filovirus, Filovirus genus
Filoviridae family 1
Related terms
en Ebola Reston
en Ebola fever, en ebola fever
en Ebola hemorrhagic fever, en ebola hemorrhagic fever
en Ebola virus disease, en ebola virus disease (EVD)
See also
en Restonvirus, Reston ebolavirus species, en Reston virus, en RESTV, en REBOV
en Marburgvirus, en marburgvirus, en Marburg virus