Ebola is a viral haemorrhagic fever that was first discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Six of the virus species are known to cause disease in humans -- Zaire, Sudan, Bundibugyo ...

Ebola first emerged in 1976 in outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire) and South Sudan (then Sudan), and tracked to bush-meat. Results from virus sequencing of samples from the ...

The most commonly seen and deadliest version of Ebola is caused by the Zaire ebolavirus ... be effective against Sudan virus, the second most commonly encountered species of Ebola.