Ebola virus en · NOUN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
- (uncountable) 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.
Translations (19)
nl ebolavirus (virus) · vai ꔤꕷꕞ (virus) · de Ebolavirus (virus) · ko 에볼라바이러스 (virus) · fr virus Ebola (virus) · pt ebola (virus) · ja エボラウイルス (virus) · fa ویروس ابولا (virus) · el ιός Έμπολα (virus) · cmn 伊波拉病毒 (virus) · es virus Ébola (virus) · fi Ebola-virus (virus) · ar فِيرُوس إِيبُولَا (virus) · cmn 埃博拉病毒 (virus) · ta புலைக்காய்ச்சல் நச்சுயிரி புலை நச்சுயிரி (virus) · ru эболави́рус (virus) · ru ви́рус Эбо́ла (virus) · da ebolavirus (virus) · nl ebola (virus)
wikipedia: Richard Preston · wikipedia: The Hot Zone · wikipedia: Ebola river