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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
The Ebola virus got it's name from the Ebola river in Africa, that  runs through Zaire and the Congo.The Ebola River was formerly the  Zaire River.nswer by Alohamel. Confidence votes 789. The virus is named after the Ebola River Valley in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), which is near the site of the first recognized outbreak, a mission hospital run by Flemish nuns, in 1976.