ebola, ebola virus, ebola outbreak, ebola crisis.
Ebolavirus, genus of viruses in the family Filoviridae, certain members of which are particularly fatal in humans and nonhuman primates. In humans, ebolaviruses are responsible for Ebola virus disease (EVD), an illness characterized primarily by fever, rash, vomiting, diarrhea, and hemorrhaging. The name given to the viruses and the disease they cause is derived from the Ebola River, a tributary of the Congo River in central Africa, where the majority of EVD epidemics have occurred. The most severe outbreak on record was the Ebola outbreak of 2014, which devastated communities in western Africa.
A firsthand view of the fight against the deadly Ebola virus and its impact on victims and the medical staff treating them.