Ebola Zaire

Meaning

Noun

• a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate

Related

Similar words

• EBOV
• ZEBOV
• Zaire ebolavirus
• Zairevirus, zairevirus, Zaire virus

Broader meaning words

• Ebola virus, Ebolavirus, ebolavirus
• Ebola, ebola
• filovirus, Filovirus
• Filoviridae

Origin

• From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo)