Ebola virus

See also: ebolavirus and Ebolavirus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

After Ebola river (area of discovery of type species) +‎ -virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers.

Noun

Ebola virus (uncountable)

1. Any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.

Translations

virus

• Arabic: فِيرُوس إِيبُولَا m (fīrūs ʔībūlā)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃博拉病毒 (zh) (Āibólā bìngdú)

• Danish: ebolavirus c
• Finnish: Ebola-virus
• French: virus Ebola (fr) m
• German: Ebolavirus (de) n
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• Greek: ιός Έμπολα m (iós Émpola)
• Japanese: エボラウイルス (ja) (Ebora uirusu)
• Persian: ویروس ابولا (virus-e ebolâ)
• Portuguese: ebola (pt) m
• Russian: ви́рус Эбо́ла (ru) m (vírus Ebóla), эболави́рус m (ebolavírus)
• Spanish: virus Ébola m
• Vai: ꔤꕷꕞ (ibola)