Ebola Zaire en · NOUN
Etymology
From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).
Meanings
- (uncountable) a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate
Hypernyms
Filoviridae · ebola · filovirus · Ebola · ebolavirus · Ebola virus · Filovirus · Ebolavirus
Relateds
RESTV · Ebola fever · ebola hemorrhagic fever · marburgvirus · Restonvirus · ebola fever · Ebola hemorrhagic fever · REBOV · Reston ebolavirus · Ebola Reston · Marburg virus · Ebola virus disease · ebola virus disease · Reston virus · Marburgvirus
Synonyms
Zairevirus · ZEBOV · zairevirus · Zaire virus · Zaire ebolavirus · EBOV