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Ebola is a serious and deadly virus transmitted by animals and humans. It is come under the Filoviridae family. It causes very high fever, which lead to bleeding in the body (inside and outside), thereby also called as hemorrhagic fever. Ebola is further classified into subtypes (Bundibugyo, Reston, Sudan, Taï Forest, Zaire) according to location where they were identified.This virus is transmitted by animals (primates only) to human, therefore it is called as zoonotic virus. Human to human transfer is also found in Ebola virus infection.There is no drug is approved by US-FDA till date for this disease.