[dr_lew]

Cf. the Wikipedia Ebola Virus article. Absolutely fascinating, even if morbidly so. In particular, note the section on Replication Science explains it, but it does not explain it. What is this thing?

[familyop]

http://www.primehealthchannel.com/ebola-virus-symptoms-pictures-structure-facts-and-history.html#virology-of-ebola-virus
Scroll down to “Ebola Virus Replication.” Maybe that will help. In simplified short, think of it as a process of a virion attaching itself to a host cell then injecting copies of itself into that cell.