The Ebola Virus Cause of Disorder Ebola is a virus and part of the negative-stranded RNA family known as filovirus. It was discovered in 1976 in Africa and was named after a river in Zaire. When the virus is looked at under an electron microscope the filoviridae appear as being long, thin and occasionally they have 'branches' sprouting from one place or another. Ebola can also take the form of a 'U' or a 'b'. There …showed first 75 words of 752 total…

…showed last 75 words of 752 total…level 2) the Ebola virus is at a level 4 pathogen, only the deadliest known to man get this classification, yet the range of severity could be relatively mild or fatal. That leaves a lot open to fate and your immune system. Bibliography . Works Sited http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol2no2/olsen.htm http://www.ebola.gb.net http://www.search/ualr.edu/~mgolson/ebola.html http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/disease/urtfvr/ebolainf.htm