Bundibugyo ebolavirus
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Bundibugyo ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, similar to other Ebola viruses but associated with outbreaks primarily in Uganda and neighboring regions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bundibugyo ebolavirus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4131855 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bundibugyo ebolavirus Context triple: [Ebola virus disease, causativeAgent, Bundibugyo ebolavirus]
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A.
Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus is a highly virulent species of Ebola virus responsible for severe hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in humans, including the major 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa.
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B.
Sudan ebolavirus
Sudan ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that causes a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, primarily in parts of Africa.
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C.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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D.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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E.
Ebola virus disease
Ebola virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by infection with Ebola virus, characterized by fever, hemorrhaging, and organ failure, and known for causing major outbreaks such as the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bundibugyo ebolavirus Target entity description: Bundibugyo ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, similar to other Ebola viruses but associated with outbreaks primarily in Uganda and neighboring regions.
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A.
Zaire ebolavirus
Zaire ebolavirus is a highly virulent species of Ebola virus responsible for severe hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in humans, including the major 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa.
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B.
Sudan ebolavirus
Sudan ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that causes a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, primarily in parts of Africa.
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C.
Ebolavirus
Ebolavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses in the Filoviridae family that cause severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates.
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D.
Reston ebolavirus
Reston ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that primarily infects nonhuman primates and pigs and is notable for being the only known ebolavirus that has caused asymptomatic infections in humans.
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E.
Ebola virus disease
Ebola virus disease is a severe, often fatal illness in humans caused by infection with Ebola virus, characterized by fever, hemorrhaging, and organ failure, and known for causing major outbreaks such as the 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ebolavirus
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virus species ⓘ |
| associatedCountry | Uganda ⓘ |
| associatedRegion |
Central Africa
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East Africa ⓘ |
| biosafetyLevel | BSL-4 pathogen ⓘ |
| caseFatalityRateRange | approximately 25–50 percent ⓘ |
| clinicalFeature |
diarrhea
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fever ⓘ headache ⓘ hemorrhage ⓘ multi-organ failure ⓘ vomiting ⓘ |
| disease |
Bundibugyo virus disease
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severe hemorrhagic fever ⓘ |
| enveloped | true ⓘ |
| family | Filoviridae ⓘ |
| firstIdentifiedIn | Bundibugyo District, Uganda ⓘ |
| firstReportedOutbreakYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| genomeSegmentation | nonsegmented ⓘ |
| genomeType | negative-sense single-stranded RNA ⓘ |
| genus | Ebolavirus ⓘ |
| host | human ⓘ |
| ICTVStatus | recognized species ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir | likely fruit bats (suspected) ⓘ |
| notableOutbreakLocation |
Bundibugyo District, Uganda
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surface form:
Bundibugyo District, Western Uganda
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| nucleicAcid | RNA ⓘ |
| order | Mononegavirales ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ebolavirus ⓘ |
| pathogenicTo | humans ⓘ |
| prevention | infection prevention and control measures ⓘ |
| realm | Riboviria ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bombali ebolavirus
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Reston ebolavirus ⓘ Sudan ebolavirus ⓘ Taï Forest ebolavirus ⓘ Zaire ebolavirus ⓘ |
| requiresContainment | high-level isolation ⓘ |
| segmentCount | 1 ⓘ |
| shape | filamentous ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute |
contact with contaminated materials
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human-to-human via direct contact with blood or body fluids ⓘ |
| transmissionSetting |
healthcare settings
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household contacts ⓘ |
| treatment | supportive care ⓘ |
| zoonotic | true ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Bundibugyo ebolavirus Description of subject: Bundibugyo ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus that causes a severe hemorrhagic fever in humans, similar to other Ebola viruses but associated with outbreaks primarily in Uganda and neighboring regions.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.