Ebola virus

American  

noun

Ebola viruses plural

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

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Ebola virus Scientific  

/ ĭ-bō′lə /

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.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Ebola viruses
  plural

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Ebola virus

Ebola virus disease and hantavirus have attracted renewed attention in recent weeks because of the serious risks they pose to public health.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Agency for International Development, or USAID, which could have played an important role in addressing the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak, the cause of illness and death for hundreds of victims in Africa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The outbreak was declared on May 15 in northeastern DR Congo, but the rare Bundibugyo species of the Ebola virus is believed to have spread for some time beforehand.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The Ebola virus spreads from one person to another by contact with infected bodily fluids.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

All the monkeys in these cages were infected with Ebola virus, and most of them were silent, passive, and withdrawn, although one or two of them seemed queerly deranged.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston