NOUN | animal | Ebola virus | a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever |
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Meaning | A filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon. | |
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Member of | Filoviridae | A family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) |
Broader | filovirus | animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae |
Spanish | Ebola virus | |
Catalan | Virus d'Ebola |
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