The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.

A doctor who treated Ebola patients in 2014 explains what’s unusual and worrisome about the fast-growing outbreak of Ebola in the DRC caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus.

The fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to the world’s attention only a little more than a week ago and is already the third-largest on record. But it’s the 17th outbreak the country has dealt with since the virus was discovered there in 1976.

More than 300 cases and over 40 deaths have been confirmed in the DRC.

Tensions are running high as officials fight to stop the rapid spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where aid workers tell the ABC they are already playing catch-up with the deadly disease.

The World Health Organization reports that five patients have recovered from a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo.

'rendered': 'Amid concerns over the resurgence of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola virus disease in parts of Africa, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Jide Idris,