ebolavirus

See also: Ebola virus and Ebolavirus

English

An ebolavirus virion.

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[1] or Belgian researchers.[2]

Noun

ebolavirus (plural ebolaviruses)

  1. Any of several viruses, of the genus Ebolavirus, responsible for hemorrhagic fever.

References

  1. ↑ Preston, Richard (July 20, 1995) The Hot Zone, Anchor Books (Random House), page 117: “Karl Johnson named it Ebola”
  2. ↑ “'In 1976 I Discovered Ebola – Now I Fear an Unimaginable Tragedy'”, in The Observer‎, Guardian Media Group, 4 October 2014
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