Ebola Zaire
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Etymology edit
From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).
Noun edit
- a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate
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Related terms edit
- Ebola Reston
- Ebola fever, ebola fever
- Ebola hemorrhagic fever, ebola hemorrhagic fever
- Ebola virus disease, ebola virus disease (EVD)