Ebola is called Ebola because it's named for the river in Africa where the disease was first recognized in 1976.
The exact origin and natural host of Ebola virus are unknown.
There are four kinds of Ebola virus: Ebola- Ivory Coast, Ebola-Reston, Ebola-Sudan, and Ebola-Zaire.
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease in people and nonhuman primates.
The viruses that cause EVD are located mainly in sub-Saharan Africa.
People can get EVD through direct contact with an infected animal (bat or nonhuman primate) or a sick or dead person infected with Ebola virus.
On 16 December 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared the end of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak that affected Beni Health Zone (HZ) in North Kivu Province, DRC.
Ebola is a virus that causes severe bleeding, organ failure, and can lead to death.
Humans may spread the Ebola virus to other humans through contact with bodily fluids such as blood.
Initial symptoms of the Ebola virus include fever, headache, muscle pain, and chills.
Later, a person may experience internal bleeding resulting in vomiting or coughing blood.
Treatment for Ebola is supportive hospital care.
There's no cure for Ebola, though researchers are working on it.
There are two drug treatments which have been approved for treating Ebola.
Inmazeb is a mixture of three monoclonal antibodies (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn).