What species does ebola affect?

Question

What species does ebola affect?

Answer 1

There have been outbreaks in gorillas, chimpanzees and humans and some central African bats are believed to be carriers.

Answer 2

Monkeys are the carriers of the ebola virus but when it spreads to other animals and humans the effects are devasting.

Answer 3

Actually many primates are affected by the Ebola virus & it tends to kill them very rapidly, thus limiting the spread of the virus.  However, we've found that bats can carry this virus without it having obvious ill effects on them.  I should indicate that the Ebola virus has at least 4 strains that appear in jungle areas of Asia, the Philippines & even the rain forests of South America.  The most deadly strain is the one occuring in Central Africa that kills up to 80% of those infected, but all can be deadly.