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Ebola can survive on surfaces for almost TWO MONTHS when stored low temperatures
- 001sky 12y agoOriginal research that is also relevant. Assessment of the Risk of Ebola Virus Transmission from Bodily Fluids and Fomites (1) http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/196/Supplement_2/S142.full http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/196/Supplement_2/S142.... Marburg and Ebola viruses as aerosol threats. (2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15588056 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15588056
- zaroth 12y agoThere's so much conflicting information and misinformation, you almost have to just ignore it all. Is it direct contact with bodily fluids, or is it on your skin once you pop a fever, and spreading via doorknobs? A single virus particle can be lethal, or patients only become highly infectious at the end-stage? Unfortunately it's really complex, and some of these aren't even contradictions. I think the only way to really analyze it is through the macro-level "R0" (basic reproduction rate) which seems quite low, but that also depends on accurate reporting. If the reporting is accurate within an order of magnitude then it truly is hard to catch / easy to avoid, and hopefully we see the numbers start to turn in the next few weeks. My guess is that because there's a very limited amount of time a person can be both symptomatic and ambulatory, given a remotely functional health care system and a culture which minimizes contact with the deceased, the virus would be self-defeating.