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

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Examples

  • The authors warn that while there are no signs the virus spread between pigs and farm workers, the emergence of Reston ebolavirus in the human food chain "is of concern."

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Reston ebolavirus has only been seen in monkeys and humans previously and, unlike other types of ebola, it is not known to cause illness in people.

    unknown title 2009

  • Roger W. Barrette and colleagues documented Reston ebolavirus ( "REBOV"), a virus previously known to infect monkeys and humans, among domestic pigs "experiencing unusually severe outbreaks of porcine reproductive and respiratory disease" in the Philippines.

    EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed 2009

  • Cross-protection studies will need to be done to assess whether vaccine designs will need to incorporate the Bundibugyo ebolavirus.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

  • Bundibugyo ebolavirus - big whitey says he 'discovered' a new form of Ebola Henry Jeffrey - another negroe evicted from the masters house in Guyana

    propaganda press! freedom in Guyana 2008

  • The identification and characterization of this new ebolavirus was done using a new sequencing approach that in effect bootstrapped the sequencing of the novel virus into a method that could used already developed techniques for other ebola species.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

  • Bundibugyo ebolavirus - big whitey says he 'discovered' a new form of Ebola Henry Jeffrey - another negroe evicted from the masters house in Guyana

    propaganda press! freedom in Guyana 2008

  • AllScientists writing in PLoS Pathogens have reported the discovery of a new species of Ebola virus, provisionally named Bundibugyo ebolavirus.

    Scientific Blogging 2008

  • Therefore, research efforts into the Ebola virus genus and potential diagnostics are ongoing, with the discovery of Bundibugyo ebolavirus representing one of the latest pieces added to this puzzle.

    Scientific Blogging 2008

  • [of ebolavirus] harmless to humans, according to Francisco Llinares, Professor of Microbiology at the University of San Pablo CEU.

    Wildlife Disease News Digest 2010

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