monkeypox virus
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Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that causes a smallpox-like disease in humans, characterized by fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy, and is of growing global public health concern.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| monkeypox virus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21154221 — 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: monkeypox virus Context triple: [SIGA Technologies, drugTargetPathogen, monkeypox virus]
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A.
Variola virus
Variola virus is the orthopoxvirus that causes smallpox, a once-devastating human disease that was globally eradicated through vaccination efforts led by the World Health Organization.
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B.
Striavirus
Striavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses within the family Filoviridae, related to pathogens such as Ebola and Marburg viruses.
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C.
Marburg virus
Marburg virus is a highly lethal filovirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, similar to Ebola.
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D.
rabies virus
Rabies virus is a deadly neurotropic virus that causes acute encephalitis in mammals, including humans, and is almost invariably fatal once clinical symptoms appear.
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E.
VP35
VP35 is a multifunctional Ebola virus protein that acts as both a polymerase cofactor essential for viral replication and a potent antagonist of the host innate immune response.
- 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: monkeypox virus Target entity description: Monkeypox virus is a zoonotic orthopoxvirus that causes a smallpox-like disease in humans, characterized by fever, rash, and lymphadenopathy, and is of growing global public health concern.
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A.
Variola virus
Variola virus is the orthopoxvirus that causes smallpox, a once-devastating human disease that was globally eradicated through vaccination efforts led by the World Health Organization.
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B.
Striavirus
Striavirus is a genus of filamentous, enveloped RNA viruses within the family Filoviridae, related to pathogens such as Ebola and Marburg viruses.
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C.
Marburg virus
Marburg virus is a highly lethal filovirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever in humans and nonhuman primates, similar to Ebola.
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D.
rabies virus
Rabies virus is a deadly neurotropic virus that causes acute encephalitis in mammals, including humans, and is almost invariably fatal once clinical symptoms appear.
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E.
VP35
VP35 is a multifunctional Ebola virus protein that acts as both a polymerase cofactor essential for viral replication and a potent antagonist of the host innate immune response.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.