How to Use Ebola virus in a Sentence

Ebola virus

noun
  • Bats are the reservoir hosts for Ebola viruses.
    — Jane Weaver, NBC news, 29 May 2026
  • This new outbreak in Congo is caused by Ebola virus.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Lab tests of a small number of patient samples have confirmed that the pathogen is an Ebola virus.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 15 May 2026
  • Our work highlights the need to more deeply investigate why the Ebola virus persists in the brain.
    — Kevin Zeng, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2022
  • An outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus has plagued Congo and Uganda.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • There are several species of Ebola viruses, four of which have been seen to infect people.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 18 May 2026
  • Two decades on, Ebola virus now has been created in the lab, and so has a close relative of smallpox, horsepox.
    — Janika Schmitt, STAT, 10 July 2023
  • Bundibugyo is an Ebola virus for which no vaccines or therapeutics exist.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Initial testing was more focused on the more common Ebola virus strain and the first few samples tested negative.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Initial testing was more focused on the more common Ebola virus strain and the first few samples tested negative.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus, has been centered on eastern Congo.
    — Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2026
  • Overt bleeding is neither universal nor the defining feature of Ebola virus disease.
    — Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 26 June 2026
  • The Ebola virus is highly contagious and can be transmitted to people from wild animals.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Fortune, 17 May 2026
  • The drug remdesivir, which was originally tested against the Ebola virus, can stop a virus from reproducing.
    — Dallas News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The Ebola virus is spread through close contact with sick or deceased patients’ bodily fluids, such as sweat, blood, feces or vomit.
    — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2026
  • Ebola virus is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person and does not spread through casual contact or air.
    — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 18 May 2026
  • Ebola virus spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person and does not spread through casual contact or air.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • From the few outbreaks health experts have seen, Bundibugyo might be slightly less deadly than Ebola virus or Sudan virus.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • Over the years, Fort Detrick has housed some of the world’s deadliest substances, from the Ebola virus to nerve gas to anthrax.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 21 July 2021
  • The deadly Ebola virus has killed a significant number of the population in recent years.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Uganda appears to have defeated a recent outbreak of the Sudanese variant of the Ebola virus of which there is no vaccine.
    — Zenger News, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • People can spread the Ebola virus only after developing symptoms of illness.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • But during the west African epidemic, Ebola virus lived in the semen of some survivors for a much longer time, more than a year after acute infection.
    — Seema Yasmin, Scientific American, 29 Feb. 2016
  • Lassa fever has similar symptoms to the Ebola virus, causing hemorrhagic fever.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The vaccine is recommended for adults 18 years and older who are at potential risk of exposure to the Ebola virus.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Different strains of the Ebola virus have different mortality rates.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • But the Democratic Republic of Congo has faced the Ebola virus many times before.
    — Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • There are no special recommendations for the general public outside the regions where Ebola virus is present.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Last month authorities in Congo said a new case of the Ebola virus in the eastern city of Beni was linked to a previous outbreak.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The majority of them had contracted the Ebola virus outside the United States.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 2 June 2026

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