Ebola virus was discovered last year.. 1976. Ebola virus classified in the family Filoviridae. Viruses in this family have several shapes such as rods, long or short, sometimes a bar shaped like the letter U or 6 or a circle. RNA is the genetic material of the outermost layer of fat envelope. Can be divided into two varieties of Marburg virus and Ebola virus, and was named the species pathogens by country found species Zairian and Sudanese, which has a high mortality rate, the two species. The virus Ebola outbreak is in Africa.