Ebola hemorrahagic fever is a 20 year old virus that, with a mortality rate of 50% to 90%, is one of the world's deadliest viruses. Its causative organism is called Ebola virus. Ebola virus is a member of filoviridae, a family of negative-strained RNA viruses. The filoviridae family consists of five known members, Marburg, Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai.         Ebola virus is spread in a number of ways. An outbreak starts when an infected …showed first 75 words of 1292 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1292 total…WHO and the CDC. The CDC is starting this research by collecting animals and insects to experiment with. The WHO is looking for the reservoir in Cote d'Ivoire. In Cote d'Ivoire the chimpanzees get infected with Ebola every other Autumn, but there has never been enough money to research this. The WHO is doing this research and raising money to do other research on Ebola. There is also research for a possible cure or vaccine.