EBOLA

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I. (noun)

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Meaning:

A severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa

Synonyms:

Ebola; Ebola fever; Ebola hemorrhagic fever

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("Ebola" is a kind of...):

haemorrhagic fever; hemorrhagic fever; VHF; viral haemorrhagic fever; viral hemorrhagic fever (a group of illnesses caused by a viral infection (usually restricted to a specific geographic area); fever and gastrointestinal symptoms are followed by capillary hemorrhage)

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Context examples:

These findings may help inform the development of therapeutic pan-ebolavirus antibodies, as well as vaccines for potential use in the event of another Ebola outbreak.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)

The virus was brought into Sierra Leone by 14 people who had been in nearby Guinea to attend the funeral of a traditional healer who had treated Ebola patients.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

The animals showed less liver and kidney damage than normally occurs during an Ebola infection.

(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)

Tests showed that, more than a decade after infection, the survivor retained antibodies against Ebola.

(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)

These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses.

(Hemorrhagic Fevers, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Ebola virus uses GP to attach to cell membranes and initiate infection.

(Broadly acting antibodies found in plasma of Ebola survivors, National Institutes of Health)

The proteins are from Ebola virus (Kikwit strain), Sudan virus (Boniface strain, which also causes Ebola virus disease), Marburg virus (Angola strain) and Lassa virus (Josiah strain).

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)

Researchers have studied the blood of an Ebola survivor, searching for human antibodies that might effectively treat not only people infected with Ebola virus, but those infected with related viruses as well.