What is the Ebola virus?

The Ebola virus is a deadly virus that originates in Africa (or so they think I read somewhere that they're not really sure exactly where it originates.)those infected die within a time space of two weeks.well,unless your really lucky and you actually survive.cause there are people who survived.don't know how many though.but most died.anyway,symptoms include severe headache,high fever,sore throat,inside of mouth bone dry and cracked (so much that even swallowing water would be a painful task,which results in dehydration),increasingly painful muscle spasms in the back,chest,neck,and legs,nothing you do can help (as far as i know,but maybe there's something.wait,that's not a symptom.sowy),stomach cramps,bloody diarrhea,vomiting (probably blood),heavy bleeding from the nose and mouth,flesh seeming to melt from skin as the disease progresses.there are 4 strains of Ebola,all named after where they started.i don't really know the names,but i do know the one i listed symptoms for is the worst,and that now in days the Ebola virus is exceedingly rare.and guinea pigs have a higher chance of surviving the Ebola.don't ask how i know that.but it's true.oh,and here are the outbreak sites.