The Ebola virus is a deadly virus native to West Africa. It commonly infects primates, such as chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans. It was first discovered in 1976, near the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ebola virus is spread through contact with bodily fluids, and can cause a slew of dangerous symptoms within its host, including hemorrhaging, muscular and abdominal pain, and in up to 83% to 90% of cases, death