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or less commonly Ebola fever
: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
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Today, the agency works in more than 150 locations around the world, leads efforts to expand universal health coverage and directs the international response to health emergencies, from yellow fever to cholera and Ebola.
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Eve Brennan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
So have programs for monitoring and deploying rapid-response teams for contagious diseases such as an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the WHO sets health policies, monitors diseases, and responds to outbreaks like COVID-19 and Ebola.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
There are also new outbreaks of Ebola in Uganda’s capital and of the disease’s cousin, the Marburg virus, in Tanzania.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
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Eve Brennan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
So have programs for monitoring and deploying rapid-response teams for contagious diseases such as an Ebola outbreak in Uganda.
—Ellen Knickmeyer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the WHO sets health policies, monitors diseases, and responds to outbreaks like COVID-19 and Ebola.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
There are also new outbreaks of Ebola in Uganda’s capital and of the disease’s cousin, the Marburg virus, in Tanzania.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Ebola.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ebola. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
ē-ˈbō-lə 
: a serious often deadly disease that is caused by a virus found in Africa and is marked by fever, muscle aches, and bleeding inside the body
Medical Definition
Ebola
noun
Ebo·la
i-ˈbō-lə
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
ē-; ˈē-ˌbō-
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: the hemorrhagic fever caused by the Ebola virus
called also Ebola fever
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