[ noun ] 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 <noun.state>
The virus, related to the deadly Ebola virus of Africa, has turned up in monkeys from three Philippine importers since fall. The licenses of three of the nation's largest monkey importers have been revoked amid concerns about the virus's spread.
Ebola, it transpires, is being spread on purpose by an ultraconservative cabal of physicians who want to destroy hospitals that are promoting progressive medical plans.
A deadly Ebola virus outbreak among imported laboratory monkeys apparently isn't harming people, as evidenced by four animal handlers who have become infected, but not sick.
The national Centers for Disease Control halted imports by three of the nation's largest monkey dealers effective today amid concerns over the spread of deadly Ebola virus in monkeys in at least two research centers.
The story is dominated by a communicable disease named Ebola, which kills 99% of the people who catch it and causes everybody else to say things like "My God, that must make it the deadliest virus known to man!"