The Ebola virus is a filamentous virus with a single-stranded RNA genome. Ebola virus causes the hemorrhagic fever, which is severe, often causes a fatal illness in humans. This virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads through human-to-human transmission in the human population. The average fatality rate is around 50% in case of the Ebola virus.
According to the WHO reports; the first EVD outbreaks have occurred near tropical rainforests in remote villages in Central Africa. The 2014–2016 outbreak in West Africa involved major urban areas as well as rural ones.
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