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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
Diseases named after regions are capitalized. Ebola is the name of a river in Zaire, and it was near the Ebola River that the virus first caused disease in humans. Thus, the disease became known as the Ebola virus.eturning to capitalization, most disease names arenât capitalized. They are often named based on some hallmark of the condition. Diabetes, for example, was named because of what happens to people who have the disease.