Bombali ebolavirus
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Bombali ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus first identified in bats that is capable of infecting humans and is associated with Ebola virus disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bombali ebolavirus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4131858 — 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: Bombali ebolavirus Context triple: [Ebola virus disease, causativeAgent, Bombali ebolavirus]
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A.
Bundibugyo ebolavirus
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Bombali ebolavirus Target entity description: Bombali ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus first identified in bats that is capable of infecting humans and is associated with Ebola virus disease.
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A.
Bundibugyo ebolavirus
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ebolavirus
ⓘ
virus species ⓘ |
| associatedWithDisease | Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| BaltimoreClassification | Group V ⓘ |
| canInfect |
bat
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| discoveredInHost |
Angolan free-tailed bat
ⓘ
Little free-tailed bat ⓘ |
| diseaseAssociation | Ebola virus disease ⓘ |
| enveloped | true ⓘ |
| family | Filoviridae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstDetectedIn | Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstIdentifiedIn | 2018 ⓘ |
| genomeStructure | non-segmented ⓘ |
| genomeType | negative-sense single-stranded RNA ⓘ |
| genus | Ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicRegion | West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEnvelope | lipid envelope ⓘ |
| hasProtein |
RNA-dependent RNA polymerase L
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VP24 NERFINISHED ⓘ VP30 ⓘ VP35 NERFINISHED ⓘ VP40 ⓘ glycoprotein GP ⓘ nucleoprotein NP ⓘ |
| host | bat ⓘ |
| ICTVApproved | true ⓘ |
| naturalReservoir | bat ⓘ |
| order | Mononegavirales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentTaxon | Ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pathogenicityInHumans | not well characterized ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bundibugyo ebolavirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reston ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Taï Forest ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaire ebolavirus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| segmentCount | 1 ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| transmissionRoute | zoonotic ⓘ |
| viralMorphology | filamentous ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bombali ebolavirus Description of subject: Bombali ebolavirus is a species of ebolavirus first identified in bats that is capable of infecting humans and is associated with Ebola virus disease.
Referenced by (3)
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