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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2015 — General Studies · Question 131 of 200

Q131
General ScienceBiology
Which is the following gets its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
  1. a.Chikungunia virus
  2. b.Lassa fever
  3. c.Salmonella bacteria
  4. d.Ebola virus

Answer: (D) Ebola virus

The Ebola virus gets its name from the Ebola River (also called the Zaire River in the DRC, near where the virus was first identified in 1976). The genus Ebola was named after the Ebola/Zaire River, the country where it was first described. Lassa fever is named after a town in Nigeria; Salmonella is named after scientist Daniel Salmon.

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