Ebolavirus

== Translingual == === Etymology === New Latin, from English Ebola River +‎ -virus. Reports conflict about who initially coined the name: either Karl Johnson of the American Centers for Disease Control or Belgian researchers. === Proper noun === Ebolavirus n A taxonomic genus within the family Filoviridae – the viral cause of Ebola fever, a human hemorrhagic fever with high mortality, causing epidemics commencing in tropical Africa. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Riboviria – realm; Orthornavirae – kingdom; Negarnaviricota – phylum; Haploviricotina – subphylum; Monjiviricetes – class; Mononegavirales – order; Filoviridae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Zaire ebolavirus - type species; Bombali ebolavirus, Bundibugyo ebolavirus, Reston ebolavirus, Sudan ebolavirus, Tai Forest ebolavirus - other species === References === Ebolavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ebolavirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ebolavirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Ebolavirus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses