With a kill rate of more than 90% of the people it infects, the Ebola virus belonging to the family Filoviridae causes severe internal bleeding (hemorrhage). Though humans are not known to be carriers of the virus, it has been known to spread through direct contact with the virus in the laboratory or by contact with body fluids of infected patients, which could be blood, bodily secretions or feces. With initial symptoms of high fever, the viral attack usually spreads with instances of sore throat, bloody nose (Epistaxis ), bleeding from lungs (Hemoptysis ). The virus takes it name from More >