Ebola virus disease is one of the most deadly ailments known to mankind due to its high
mortality rate (up to 90%) accompanying with the disease. Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF)
is an infectious disease of animal that can be transmitted to both human and non-human
primates. The first epidemic of EHF occurred in 1976 in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo. The incubation period of ebola is less than 21 days. Ebola virus infections are depicted
by immune suppression and a systemic inflammatory response that leads to damage of the
vascular, coagulation and immune systems, causing multi-organ failure and shock.