Is Ebola virus airborne

Answer 1

There’s almost no historical precedent for any virus to change its basic mode of transmission so radically. Even viruses that are well adapted to attacking the respiratory system often have a hard time getting transmitted through the airways. Consider the experience so far with avian flu, which is easily transmitted through the air in birds but hasn’t yet mutated to become easily spreadable in that fashion among people. So in one word, no.

Answer 2

Here are some answers written by the community:

• Ebola is not an airborne disease. It is transmitted through body fluids such as blood and sweat.

• Ebola is not naturally transmitted through the air, so it is not an airborne disease.

• It doesn't seem to be transmitted by the air.

• Yes and no. The species first discovered in Africa (i.e. Ebola Zaire, Ebola Sudan, etc.) have not shown to be airborne. However, during an outbreak in a monkey house in Reston, Virginia, the virus proved to be airborne! So most strains are not, however, the Ebola Reston Virus is in fact airborne. Luckily, Ebola Reston was only lethal to monkeys, and not humans...

• No. It is only transmitted through body fluids, blood, sexual fluids and sweat.

• No. It is not airborne.

• No. Ebola does not spread through the airborne route.

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Answer 3

It is not naturally airborne. However health officials and the United Nations have warned that if an Ebola epidemic is not dealt with quickly and kept under control, then there is a chance is could develop into an airborne disease.



More reading:

• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11135883/Ebola-could-become-airborne-United-Nations-warns-of-nightmare-scenario-as-virus-spreads-to-the-US.html
• http://edition.CNN.com/2014/09/12/health/ebola-airborne/
  

Answer 4

No.
It can only be picked up from the bodily fluids of those infected. Such as saliva, vomit and blood.
It has been shown again and again in lab tests that it cannot be transmitted via the air, in water or in food, unless they contain the body fluids of an infected person.

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Answer 5

global pandemic, quarantines,

cholera, lots of death, followed by the end of civilization as we know it...