Definitions for ebola
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1. Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebolanoun

   a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa

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1. Ebolanoun

   The Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2. Ebolanoun

   The Ebola virus

3. Ebolanoun

   Ebola fever

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1. Ebola

   Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) and Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a viral hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates, caused by ebolaviruses. Symptoms typically start anywhere between two days and three weeks after becoming infected with the virus. The first symptoms are usually fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches. These are usually followed by vomiting, diarrhoea, rash and decreased liver and kidney function, at which point, some people begin to bleed both internally and externally. The disease kills between 25% and 90% of those infected – about 50% on average. Death is often due to shock from fluid loss, and typically occurs between six and 16 days after the first symptoms appear. Early treatment of symptoms increases the survival rate considerably compared to late start.The virus spreads through direct contact with body fluids, such as blood from infected humans or other animals, or from contact with items that have recently been contaminated with infected body fluids. There have been no documented cases, either in nature or under laboratory conditions, of the disease spreading through the air between humans or other primates. After a person recovers from Ebola, their semen or breast milk may continue to carry the virus for anywhere between several weeks to several months. Fruit bats are believed to be the normal carrier in nature; they are able to spread the virus without being affected by it. The symptoms of Ebola may resemble those of several other diseases, including malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, meningitis and other viral hemorrhagic fevers. Diagnosis is confirmed by testing blood samples for the presence of viral RNA, viral antibodies or the virus itself.Control of outbreaks requires coordinated medical services and community engagement, including rapid detection, contact tracing of those exposed, quick access to laboratory services, care for those infected, and proper disposal of the dead through cremation or burial. Samples of body fluids and tissues from people with the disease should be handled with extreme caution. Prevention measures include wearing proper protective clothing and washing hands when around a person with the disease, and limiting the spread of the disease from infected animals to humans – by wearing protective clothing while handling potentially infected bushmeat, and by cooking bushmeat thoroughly before eating it. An Ebola vaccine was approved in the United States in December 2019. While there is no approved treatment for Ebola as of 2019, two treatments (atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab and ansuvimab) are associated with improved outcomes. Supportive efforts also improve outcomes. These include oral rehydration therapy (drinking slightly sweetened and salty water) or giving intravenous fluids, and treating symptoms. In October 2020, Atoltivimab/maftivimab/odesivimab (Inmazeb) was approved for medical use in the United States to treat the disease caused by Zaire ebolavirus.

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1. ebola

   Ebola, also known as Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF), is a rare but severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by the Ebola virus. The disease is characterized by severe fever, muscle pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and in severe cases, unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising). It is transmitted to humans through direct contact with blood, secretions, organs or bodily fluids of infected animals or humans. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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1. Ebola

   Ebola virus disease or Ebola hemorrhagic fever is the human disease which may be caused by any of four of the five known ebola viruses. These four viruses are: Bundibugyo virus, Ebola virus, Sudan virus, and Taï Forest virus. EVD is a viral hemorrhagic fever, and is clinically nearly indistinguishable from Marburg virus disease. The name comes from the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first found.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ebola in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ebola in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ebola in a Sentence

1. Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell:

   We face two global health challenges, Ebola and Zika, and we don't have an option to set one aside in the name of the other.

2. Felixon Musa:

   Yoga is not about the past, but about living in the present moment, you have to leave everything on the mat. Ebola, the war, all those things have passed, and through yoga we are learning to let them go.

3. Rajiv Shah:

   Military engineers oversaw the building of new Ebola Treatment Units ; military logisticians directed the deployment of life-saving resources from across the globe ; and military doctors supported the brave men and women who treated patients every day, just 10 months since the first U.S. government personnel deployed, we have delivered extraordinary results. Across West Africa 10 months ago, cases are down by 80 percent. In Liberia -- once the heart of the epidemic -- we've helped cut down new cases from more than 30 a day to as few as one or two.

4. Adrian Hill:

   If a single dose of an Ebola vaccine is sufficient, it makes absolute sense to use that. But it also makes sense at this early stage of trials to see if a second booster vaccine can greatly increase the levels of immune responses produced.

5. Peter Piot:

   It will be controlled in one county or one district, but then pop up again in another, let's not forget that this whole epidemic started with one person -- in other words, it will not be over until the last person with Ebola is dead or has recovered without infecting other people. That is the daunting task we face.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ebola
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ebola
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ebola
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ebola