Translingual

focal points of epidemics known to be caused by viruses of genus Ebolavirus

Proper noun

Ebolavirus

1. 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

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

English

Wikispecies

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