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ebola

virus, 1976, named for Ebola River valley in Congo, where it first was studied.

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ebola

n. (alternate form of lang=en Ebola)

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Ebola (disambiguation)

Ebola is the Ebola virus disease of humans and other primates caused by ebolaviruses.

Ebola may also refer to:

  • Ebola virus, a virus within the genus Ebolavirus and the cause of the majority of human deaths from Ebola virus disease
  • Ebola River, a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ebola (band), a Thai rock band
Ebola (band)

Ebola is a Thai rock band from Bangkok, Thailand, currently signed to Warner Music. The band is known for combining lyrics with hard rock-oriented tunes. Most of Ebola's lyrics focus on hope, encouragement, and soul-searching. The band’s hit singles include "Saeng Sawang" (แสงสว่าง - Enlighten),"Klab Su Jud Reum Ton" (กลับสู่จุดเริ่มต้น - Back to Beginning) and "Sing Tee Chan Pen" (สิ่งที่ฉันเป็น - As I Am). In 2005, Ebola’s fourth studio album, Enlighten, won Best Rock Album from Hamburger magazine and Best Producer from the Seed Awards.

Usage examples of "ebola".

Eugene Johnson, the civilian biohazard expert who was running the Ebola research program at the Institute, had a reputation for being a little bit wild.

They would have gotten footage of soldiers in space suits smeared with Ebola blood, engaged in the first major biohazard mission the world ever knew, and they would have gotten shots of biohazard buddies coming out into the staging area in pairs and being stripped of their suits by the supporting team.

She walked along a Biosafety Level 0 corridor, heading for a Level 4 biocontainment area known as AA-5, or the Ebola suite.

EBOLA VIRUS IS named for the EBOLA River, which is the headstream of the Mongala River, a tributary of the Congo, or Zaire, River.

At work, she threw herself into the study of viral hemorrhagic fever, Ebola in particular.

Zabriski and the other two subsequent admissions had Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.

Five more patients had been admitted during the night with a presumptive diagnosis of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever.

Given the fact that hemorrhagic fever could spread between strangers who shared a towel, or by the most casual close touch, Ebola made the AIDS scare seem like a tempest in a teapot.

Once started, it was generally felt that Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever would spread like wildfire to both friendly and hostile forces.

About five thousand types of virus are known, and between them they afflict us with many hundreds of diseases, ranging from the flu and common cold to those that are most invidious to human well-being: smallpox, rabies, yellow fever, ebola, polio, and the human immunodeficiency virus, the source of AIDS.

As with Ebola virus infections, humans are not a natural host for Lassa or the South American viruses.

Cyrill Dubchek of the Centers for Disease Control who had played a big role in localizing the Lassa Fever virus, had scoured the area, searching for a reservoir for the Ebola virus within mammals, birds, and insects.

She quickly scanned the entries for Lassa Fever, Marburg and Ebola virus.

Nancy wanted to see what had happened to the Ebola monkeys during the night.

He had infected several monkeys with Ebola virus, and he had been giving them various drugs to see if they would stop the Ebola infection.