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