The deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 3300 people in West Africa since its current outbreak was confirmed in March has derived its name from a river in 1976. The virus first surfaced and caused a mysterious illness among people in what was then Zaire now the Democratic Republic of Congo.The story of how Ebola got its name is short and somewhat random Peter Piot co-discoverer of the virus recalled in his memoir 'No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses'. The virus had surfaced in a village called Yambuku so it could be named after the
