EBOLA VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ebola virus mean? 

• EBOLA VIRUS (noun)
  The noun EBOLA VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

  Familiarity information: EBOLA VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EBOLA VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

filovirus (animal viruses belonging to the family Filoviridae)

Holonyms ("Ebola virus" is a member of...):

Filoviridae (a family of threadlike RNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees))

 Context examples 

ZMapp, an experimental therapy comprising three monoclonal antibodies, has shown promise in a clinical trial, but it targets only one of the five known species of Ebola virus.

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

Another drug that's similar to CPT and also blocks Top1, topotecan (TPT), prevented the activation of antimicrobial genes in human cells infected with either bacteria or Ebola virus.

(Drug might help treat sepsis, NIH)

The cynomolgus monkey is most commonly utilized in the pre-clinical setting for neuroscience pre-clinical research and has also been shown to be a reservoir for the Ebola virus, monkey pox, and B-virus.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus)

Any viral organism that can be assigned to the genus Ebola virus.

(Ebola Virus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The team found that mAb114 binds to a novel site of vulnerability on the Ebola virus that was previously thought to be unreachable by antibodies.

(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)

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.

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

Once Ebola virus has been transmitted from an animal host to a human, it can spread through person-to-person contact.

(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)

Previous studies indicate that the investigational Ebola virus (Kikwit) vaccine will protect against other strains of Ebola virus.

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

A team led by Dr. Thomas Geisbert at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston, in collaboration with Tekmira Pharmaceuticals in Vancouver, Canada, have been developing therapies that can target specific strains of the Ebola virus.

(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)

There are currently no licensed treatments for Ebola virus infection.

(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)