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Ebola transmission by aerosols confirmed.
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[quote:AC156099 60443373:MV8yNjA4NTMxXzQ1NTk2NDQ3X0Y4NDcxMTc3] [quote:Anonymous Coward 4394822:MV8yNjA4NTMxXzQ1NTk2MzEwXzFFMUI2NjE0] [quote:Phennommennonn:MV8yNjA4NTMxX0FEMzE1QjI3] Ebola transmission by aerosols confirmed: virus survives for days outside infected hosts Ebola, you see, can "ride" on aerosolized particles of blood, mucous and other body fluids. Someone sneezing, can cause Ebola viruses to be aerosolized where they land on other people's hands or faces. more http://www.trail1033.com/Health-Wellness/Ebola-transmission-by-aerosols-confirmed-virus-survives-for-days-outside-infected-hosts-760695 [/quote] My understanding is that a truly aerosolized virus has small enough particles that can float in the air on their own and be inhaled - retaining viability. In the case of Ebola, of course you can get it if you get sprayed with heavy droplets (coughed or sneezed on or touch mucus on something). But from all that I've read the virus itself cannot be suspended in the air in a contagious floor. It's too heavy and will drop somewhere - where it's still dangerous unless someone overtly disinfects - but not aerosolized in the way the cold or flu can be. [/quote] There are approx. 40,000 individual droplets ejected when we sneeze. These droplets vary in size from single-digit microns to "droplets" that can splatter against a wall like bugs on the windshield. Droplets of <5 microns in size can remain airborne indefinitely. Any viral contaminant that can be ejected by cough or sneeze becomes, by corollary, aerosolized whenever this happens. [/quote]
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Ebola transmission by aerosols confirmed: virus survives for days outside infected hosts
Ebola, you see, can "ride" on aerosolized particles of blood, mucous and other body fluids. Someone sneezing, can cause Ebola viruses to be aerosolized where they land on other people's hands or faces.
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