| Ebola - definition of Ebola in Encyclopedia (2379 words) |
 | Ebola hæmorrhagic fever (EHF — alternatively Ebola hemorrhagic fever; commonly referred to as simply Ebola) is a recently identified, severe, often fatal infectious disease occurring in humans and some primates caused by the Ebola virus. |
| Ebola was first discovered in 1976, and since its discovery, different strands of Ebola have caused epidemics with 50 to 90 percent mortality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Uganda and Sudan. |
| The nucleocapsid structure consists of a central channel, 20-30 nm in diameter, surrounded by helically wound capsid with a diameter of 40-50 nm and an interval of 5nm. |
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