Selected headlines:
May 16, 2002 : Dutch Firm to Develop Ebola Vaccine with US
May 9, 2002: WHO Declares Gabon Ebola Outbreak Over
May 7, 2002: How to Recognize Ebola Attack

Ebola is a filovirus.

There are four flavors of Ebola, named for early outbreak locations: Ebola-Zaire, Ebola-Sudan, Ebola-Ivory Coast, Ebola-Reston.

Ebola infection causes a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever.

Ebola is generally considered to be native to Africa and transmitted to humans through contact with animal hosts. The first known outbreaks of ebola hemhorragic fever occurred in 1976 in Zaire and the Sudan. Over 600 people were infected, and over 70% of the cases were fatal.

Some Ebola links:

• Ebola Zaire fan club
• All the Virology on the WWW:
  Big Book of Virology
  Filovirus tutorial
• ASTDHPPHE Ebola facts
• Journal of Infectious Diseases special supplement on Ebola.
• International Colloquium (1977) proceedings
• Ebola at Karmafarm