English Explanatory Dictionary

Ebola Zaire

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate

Word forms

Ebola Zaire

Etymology

From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).

Synonyms

EBOV ZEBOV Zaire ebolavirus Zairevirus Zaire virus

Related words

Ebola Reston Ebola fever Ebola hemorrhagic fever Ebola virus disease Restonvirus Reston ebolavirus Reston virus RESTV REBOV Marburgvirus Marburg virus
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on E Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary