Origin of Ebola virus: Ebola virus causes an acute, serious disease (EVD), and Ebola diseases were known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Scientists have identified five different species of Ebola virus: Zaire, Sudan, Tai forest, Bundibugyo, and Reston. Cause of Ebola disease is due to the infection of a virus of Filoviridae family, of Ebolavirus genus. The virus of Filoviridae family first came into notice in 1967, and immediate source of the virus was green monkeys of Africa. (Peters, C., & Peters, J., 1999). In 1976 first reported case of Ebola disease appeared in two consecutive outbreaks in Sudan and in Continue reading...
