Ebolavirus
See also: ebolavirus and Ebola virus
Translingual
focal points of epidemics known to be caused by viruses of genus Ebolavirus
Etymology
After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) + -virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control[1] or Belgian researchers.[2]
Proper noun
Ebolavirus
- A taxonomic genus within the family Filoviridae – the viral cause of Ebola fever, a human hemorrhagic fever with high mortality, causing epidemics commencing in tropical Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mononegavirales - order; Filoviridae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Zaire ebolavirus - type species; Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Reston ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, Tai Forest ebolavirus - other species
Further reading
References
- Preston, Richard (July 20, 1995) The Hot Zone, Anchor Books (Random House), page 117: “Karl Johnson named it Ebola”
- “'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy'”, in The Observer, Guardian Media Group, 4 October 2014
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