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As Ebola cases mount in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what causes the disease—and the risk this outbreak poses to the rest of the world.

The rare species of Ebola involved - known as Bundibugyo - kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.

Bundibugyo virus is an uncommon species of Ebola-causing virus that has been linked to only two other known outbreaks ...