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Ebola virus
noun
- a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
Ebola virus
/ ĭ-bō′lə /
- A virus of African origin, belonging to the genus Filovirus , that causes a highly contagious infection characterized by fever, respiratory symptoms, bleeding, and sometimes central nervous system involvement with coma. In many patients there is progressive organ failure leading to death.
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