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Ebola, previously known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever, is a rare and deadly disease caused by infection with one of the Ebola virus strains.Ebola can cause disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees).Ebola is caused by infection with a virus of the family Filoviridae, genus Ebolavirus.here are five identified Ebola virus species, four of which are known to cause disease in humans: Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus); Sudan virus (Sudan ebolavirus); Tai TaÃ¯ forest (Virus Tai taÃ¯, forest Ebolavirus formerlyâCote cÃ´te); d Ivoire ebolavirus (And bundibugyo). virus bundibugyo ebolavirus
Ebola virus got its name from a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa, where it was first recognized. similar host is probably associated with Ebola-Reston, which was isolated from infected cynomolgus monkeys that were imported to the United States and Italy from the Philippines. The Ebola virus is not known to be native to other continents, such as North America.