A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Ebola virus. / Ebola fever.

Alternative spelling of Ebola.

(medicine) An extremely contagious and often fatal illness caused by the Ebola virus, characterised by fever and internal bleeding, contracted through infected body fluids.

Any extremely contagious filovirus infection of African origin that causes Ebola fever, spread through contact with bodily fluids or secretions of infected persons and by airborne particles, caused by the viruses in genus Ebolavirus.

(virology) A strain of Ebolavirus that causes disease in primates other than humans, and which can infect humans.

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

plural of ebolavirus

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