Concept information
Preferred term
Ebolavirus
Type
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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
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- growth & development (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pathogenicity (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Ebola virus
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txid128951
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txid186536
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Virus de type Ebola
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Virus Ebola
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZFS5GB54-G
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