They were complaing of the same mysterious and deadly disease. That disease would later be know as the Ebola virus. This paper will answer three questions about this virus. Ebola is a gram-negative filovirus. Ebola was named after a tributary of the Congo River, the Ebola River.
Filoviruses are a family of viruses that resemble a tiny piece of string.
Most viruses, like HIV, are ball-shaped. The closest relatives to these viruses are rabies, measles, mumps, and parainfluenza. The members of this family are the four Ebolas and Marburg. Each of theses varies in their fatality rate and genetic makeup. These fluids include saliva, blood, semen, and vaginal fluid.