ebolavirus

See also: Ebola virus and Ebolavirus

English
An ebolavirus virion.

Wikispecies

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]

Noun

ebolavirus (plural ebolaviruses)

  1. Any of several viruses, of the genus Ebolavirus, responsible for hemorrhagic fever.

References
  1. Preston, Richard (July 20, 1995) The Hot Zone, Anchor Books (Random House), page 117: “Karl Johnson named it Ebola”
  2. “'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy'”, in The Observer‎, Guardian Media Group, 4 October 2014
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