Ebola Virus: Understanding Its Classification and Replication

No, Ebola is not a retrovirus. Retroviruses are a group of viruses that use RNA as their genetic material and require reverse transcriptase, an enzyme that replicates RNA to produce DNA intermediates, for replication. Ebola virus is a member of the Filoviridae family, which are negative-sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that comprise filoviruses like the Ebola virus and Marburg virus.