The story
Named after young physician Dr. William Bartlet Brebner, whose death from the virus following a macaque bite in 1932 led to the discovery of the virus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
B virus
Today it means: A virus of the genus Simplexvirus that infects macaques and can very rarely cause zoonotic infection in humans that is highly fatal if untreated. Full definition →