Ebola virus

noun

1. a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.

Ebola virus

1. 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.

Example Sentences

At least 15 people have died in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's health ministry has said.

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Rasmussen, for example, has studied Ebola using mouse-adapted Ebola virus, which is a necessary adaptation in order to study the disease in mice in a way that's comparable to humans.

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Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person and infected two others.

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It is one of several strains of the Ebola virus known to cause outbreaks.

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They uncovered how certain viruses, including the deadly Ebola virus, manage to enter human cells.

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