Understanding Ebola’s wildlife origins is crucial to preventing next big outbreak

The Bundibugyo virus, the root of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has caused over 1,250 cases and at least 362 deaths. The virus, a highly fatal pathogen, presents sudden symptoms including headaches, diarrhoea, kidney and liver malfunction, and internal/external bleeding, with contagiousness persisting after death.