There have been further outbreaks in Gabon, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal, killing at least 2,000 people. What is the difference between the Ebola virus and Sudan virus?

Ebola was discovered in 1976 in simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the Ebola River, after which the disease is named.