The story
From the initial discovery of Ebolavirus, near the Ebola River in the country of Zaire (the country is now called Congo).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ebola Zaire
Today it means: a strain of Ebolavirus which causes Ebola hemorrhagic fever in humans and other primates and usually presents at over a 50% mortality rate Full definition →