Ebola
- noun
- /ɪˈboʊlə/
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Ébola
- During the Ebola outbreak, health officials urged people to avoid contact with infected bodily fluids.
Viruses and diseases like Ebola, Zika, flu, and even HIV.
- Viruses and diseases like Ebola, Zika, flu, and even HIV.
- So there's a book called Hot Zone where there was Ebola outbreaks in Africa, Right.
- We had gone through MERS, SARS, Ebola, dengue.
- It's outside its glycoprotein more resembles Ebola virus than Arena virus.
- Other people work on, you know, antiviral strategies for Ebola or HIV, And other people work on education.
- So there's these deadly viruses, they're not very transmissible, Ebola, rabies.
- And I just, I, I, I knew that we'd got a vaccine for Ebola.
- Well, I went to visit him and I was a carrier of Ebola.
- You know, how like every few years there was always like a scare like swine flu or Ebola or bird flu or whatever.
Examples
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This is a photograph of a lab tech worker during the Ebola crisis response in West Africa.
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The Ebola virus causes severe symptoms, including fever and internal bleeding, making it highly dangerous.
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In those four months, Ebola gained a head start that would prove devastating.
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I'd sign up in a minute for an Ebola vaccine trial.
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Other people work on, you know, antiviral strategies for Ebola or HIV, And other people work on education.
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But it's about an Ebola outbreak in a monkey house in Reston, VA.
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We've had crises due to Ebola and also to Zika.
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An effective response to the Ebola epidemic requires rapid diagnosis and isolation of those who are sick.
Synonyms
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A very serious disease that causes high fever, internal bleeding, and often death
A severe, often deadly virus disease that causes high fever, bleeding, and spreads by contact with body fluids
Compounds
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A very dangerous virus that causes severe bleeding and high fever in people and animals
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A very serious disease that causes high fever, internal bleeding, and often death
- Specialized
A severe, often deadly virus disease that causes high fever, bleeding, and spreads by contact with body fluids
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Ebola comes from the Ebola River in central Africa, near where doctors first found the disease in 1976. So, the name Ebola links the illness to the place it began, which helps you remember this particular, serious disease.