ebola virus [
i'bəulə]
[医]伊波拉病毒,埃博拉病毒(一种肇致出血性发热症线状病毒)
- The Ebola virus can cause hemorrhagic fever that is usually fatal.
埃博拉病毒能够导致致死性的出血热。 - Now certain is that the Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Lassa fever virus and Rift Valley fever virus has been excluded, not the cause of the causes of death.
现在可以确定是,埃博拉病毒、马尔堡病毒、拉沙热病毒以及裂谷热病毒已经被排除在外,不是导致死亡的原因。” - Because it can be exceedingly contagious in aerosol form, the Ebola virus ranks with smallpox and anthrax as one of the most worrisome potential biological weapons.
悬浮在空气中的伊波拉病毒极具传染力,因而与天花和炭疽并列,同为最具威胁性的恐怖生物武器。
ebola virus[ noun ]
a filovirus that causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever; carried by animals; can be used as a bioweapon
<noun.animal>
Ebola virus \E*bo"la vir`us\ (Med.) ([-e]*b[=o]"l[.a]
v[imac]'r[u^]s), n.
an exceptionally virulent hemorrhaic virus with a high
mortality rate, first recognized in an outbreak on the Ebola
river in africa.
[PJC]