The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ravaging West Africa continues to receive global attention, having claimed 1,552 lives (as at August 28) since February when it broke out.

However, little has been said about the river after which the viral disease is named. Here are three facts about a river that has itself wreaked no havoc on humanity but has suddenly become the water body no one wants to bathe in.

1. EBOLA RIVER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR EBOLA VIRUS

Since the outbreak of Ebola in August 1976, much scientific work has gone into combating the virus and consequently the disease. But little has been written or said about the river, and this is no coincidence. It is because Ebola River is not responsible for the outbreak of the virus. There are five Ebola strains, each having a different degree of fatality and breaking out at different locations of the world where the river is absent.

2. EBOLA RIVER IS A VICTIM OF EBOLA VIRUS

When we speak of Ebola, we often consider humans and some primates as the victims. But the ignominy that Ebola River now personifies has shown that victims of the disease are more than humans and animals.

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