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or less commonly Ebola fever
: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
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Gavi now supports stockpiles of outbreak-specific vaccines for cholera, yellow fever, meningococcal disease and Ebola so the countries most affected can focus their health-care resources on chronic disease, snakebites, cancer and HIV, among other conditions.
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Another Ebola outbreak? From STAT’s Helen Branswell: The Democratic Republic of the Congo may have another Ebola outbreak on its hands.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Aug. 2024
There are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease — a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola — outside of Rwanda, and officials have said that the current risk to the US is low.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
What Is Marburg Virus? Marburg virus, like its cousin, Ebola, can lead to large outbreaks with death occurring in up to 90% of those infected.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Another Ebola outbreak? From STAT’s Helen Branswell: The Democratic Republic of the Congo may have another Ebola outbreak on its hands.
—Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Aug. 2024
There are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus disease — a rare but deadly hemorrhagic disease similar to Ebola — outside of Rwanda, and officials have said that the current risk to the US is low.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024
What Is Marburg Virus? Marburg virus, like its cousin, Ebola, can lead to large outbreaks with death occurring in up to 90% of those infected.
—Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
ē-ˈbō-lə 
: a serious often deadly disease that is caused by a virus found in Africa and is marked by fever, muscle aches, and bleeding inside the body
Medical Definition
Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
i-ˈbō-lə
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
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: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
called also Ebola fever
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