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Descriptor English: Ebolavirus
Descriptor Spanish: Ebolavirus
Descriptor virus tipo Ébola
Scope note: Género de la familia FILOVIRIDAE que consta de varias especies diferentes de virus Ébola, cada una con distintas cepas. Estos virus producen brotes de una enfermedad hemorrágica contagiosa (FIEBRE HEMORRÁGICA EBOLA) en el hombre, habitualmente con alta mortalidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ebolavirus
Descriptor French: Ebolavirus
Entry term(s): Cote d'Ivoire ebola virus
Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus, Cote d'Ivoire
Ebola Virus, Reston
Ebola Virus, Sudan
Ebola Virus, Zaire
Ebola Viruses
Ebola like Viruses
Ebola-like Virus
Ebola-like Viruses
Ebolaviruses
Reston Ebola Virus
Sudan Ebola Virus
Virus, Ebola
Viruses, Ebola
Zaire Ebola Virus
Tree number(s): B04.820.480.937.300.200
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D029043
Scope note: A genus in the family FILOVIRIDAE consisting of several distinct species of Ebolavirus, each containing separate strains. These viruses cause outbreaks of a contagious, hemorrhagic disease (HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA) in humans, usually with high mortality.
Annotation: infection = HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Public MeSH Note: 2007; see EBOLA-LIKE VIRUSES 2002-2006
History Note: 2007 (2002)
DeCS ID: 4500
Unique ID: D029043
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Ebolavirus - Preferred
Concept UI M0383737
Scope note A genus in the family FILOVIRIDAE consisting of several distinct species of Ebolavirus, each containing separate strains. These viruses cause outbreaks of a contagious, hemorrhagic disease (HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA) in humans, usually with high mortality.
Preferred term Ebolavirus
Entry term(s) Ebola Virus
Ebola Viruses
Ebola like Viruses
Ebola-like Virus
Ebola-like Viruses
Ebolaviruses
Virus, Ebola
Viruses, Ebola
Ebola Virus, Zaire - Narrower
Concept UI M0383755
Scope note A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak was in the Yambuku area of (what was then) Zaire in 1976.
Preferred term Ebola Virus, Zaire
Entry term(s) Zaire Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus, Sudan - Narrower
Concept UI M0383754
Scope note A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak was in Sudan in 1976.
Preferred term Ebola Virus, Sudan
Entry term(s) Sudan Ebola Virus
Ebola Virus, Cote d'Ivoire - Narrower
Concept UI M0383739
Scope note A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUSES causing an outbreak of disease in 1994 in western Africa's Cote d'Ivoire.
Preferred term Ebola Virus, Cote d'Ivoire
Entry term(s) Cote d'Ivoire ebola virus
Ebola Virus, Reston - Narrower
Concept UI M0383753
Scope note A species in the genus EBOLAVIRUS. Its initial outbreak infected cynomolgus monkeys in Reston, Virginia in 1989. This species appears to be non-pathogenic for humans.
Preferred term Ebola Virus, Reston
Entry term(s) Reston Ebola Virus



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