Ebola virus

ebolavirus Ebolavirus English Ebolavirus Etymology After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) + en virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease ControlThe Hot Zone Preston Richard Richard Preston 117 Karl Johnson named it Ebola Anchor Books (Random House) July 20, 1995 or Belgian researchers.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/04/ebola-zaire-peter-piot-outbreak 'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy' Bredow Rafaela von Hackenbroch Veronika The Observer Guardian Media Group 4 October 2014 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 genus. Translations virus Arabic: ar فِيرُوس إِيبُولَا m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 埃博拉病毒 Āibólā bìngdú, cmn 伊波拉病毒 Danish: da ebolavirus c Dutch: nl ebolavirus n, nl ebola f Finnish: fi Ebola-virus French: fr virus Ebola m German: de Ebolavirus n Greek: el ιός Έμπολα m Japanese: ja エボラウイルス Ebora uirusu Korean: ko 에볼라바이러스 Persian: fa ویروس ابولا virus-e ebolâ Portuguese: pt ebola m Russian: ru ви́рус Эбо́ла m, ru эболави́рус m Spanish: es virus Ébola m Tamil: ta புலைக்காய்ச்சல் நச்சுயிரி புலை நச்சுயிரி Vai: vai ꔤꕷꕞ References en eponyms en Viruses