Sudan ebolavirus

The speciesSudan ebolavirus is a virological taxon included in the genusEbolavirus, familyFiloviridae, orderMononegavirales. The species has a single virus member, Sudan virus (SUDV), which causes Sudan virus disease. The members of the species are called Sudan ebolaviruses. It was discovered in 1977 and causes Ebola clinically indistinguishable from the ebola Zaire strain, but is less transmissible than it. Unlike with ebola Zaire there is no vaccine available.