The Ebola virus is a member of the virus family called Filoviridae. There are three strains of filoviruses: Ebola, Marburg, and Reston. All of these diseases are very fatal to monkeys and humans. The Ebola virus is airborne and can enter the body through any opening in the skin, especially cuts. Ebola has the ability to spread from cell to cell very quickly, and kills 50 to 90 % of human victims. The mortality rate in monkeys is currently unknown. Ebola, like HIV, is said to be spread to humans from monkeys, but no one knows exactly what the virus started from in the beginning. The Ebola virus is named for a river in Zaire , Africa where it was first detected. It first appeared in in 1976 in Zaire, followed by an out break in western Sudan almost immediately afterwards. The third out break in Sudan in 1979 was smaller with 22 deaths out of the 34 cases. The first outbreaks in Z....

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