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Ebola virus

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E·bo·la virus  (-bl, b-lä)
n.
An extremely contagious filovirus causing an acute, usually fatal hemorrhagic fever and spread through contact with bodily fluids of infected persons and by airborne particles.
[After the Ebola River in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the disease was first observed.]
Ebola virus  (-bl)
A virus of African origin, belonging to the genus Filovirus, that causes a highly contagious infection characterized by fever, respiratory symptoms, bleeding, and sometimes central nervous system involvement with coma. In many patients there is progressive organ failure leading to death.
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Noun1.Ebola virus - a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
Filoviridae - a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees)
filovirus - animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae


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When transferred to humans from an unidentified animal reservoir, Ebola virus replicates rapidly in macrophages and dendritic cells, causing intense inflammation, high viremia, and spread of infection to multiple organs, with fever, coagulation abnormalities, and shock (10).
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Between 2001 and 2005, Ebola virus ravaged the gorilla population in a remote section of equatorial Africa.
Ebola die-off: gorilla losses tallied in central Africa by Seppa, N. / Science News
According to WHO, the natural reservoir of the Ebola virus seems to reside in the rain forests of Africa and Asia, but has not yet been identified.
Ebola returns. (Follow-Up) by Reinhardt, Erika / UN Chronicle
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