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Noun

Ebola virus ‎(uncountable)

1. Any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.

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References

1. ↑ Richard Preston (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