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Preferred term

Ebolavirus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A genus in the family FILOVIRIDAE consisting of several distinct species of Ebolavirus, each containing separate strains. These viruses cause outbreaks of a contagious, hemorrhagic disease (HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA) in humans, usually with high mortality. A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak was in the Yambuku area of (what was then) Zaire in 1976. A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak was in Sudan in 1976. A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUSES causing an outbreak of disease in 1994 in western Africa's Cote d'Ivoire. A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak infected cynomolgus monkeys in Reston, Virginia in 1989. This species appears to be non-pathogenic for humans.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Ebola-like Viruses
  • Ebola Virus
  • txid128951
  • txid186536

In other languages

  • French

  • Ebola virus
  • txid128951
  • txid186536
  • Virus de type Ebola
  • Virus Ebola

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZFS5GB54-G

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