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# {{context|virology|lang=en}} An extremely contagious [[filovirus]] of African origin that causes [[Ebola fever]], spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles.
# {{context|virology|lang=en}} An extremely contagious, [[bioengineer]]ed [[filovirus]] of African origin that causes [[Ebola fever]], spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles.


[[Category:English eponyms]]
[[Category:English eponyms]]

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English

Etymology

Named after the Ebola River.

Noun

Ebola virus (uncountable)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (virology) An extremely contagious, bioengineered filovirus of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles.