There is not a lot of evidence that ebola virus transmits easily (e.g. by touch) because certain primate populations would all be dead (while others carry but are immune). However, is possible that it spreads through insect bites. You may be correct about other bodily fluids, but from the little bit I have read, that transmission path appears to be difficult, the virus dies easily.
“You may be correct about other bodily fluids, but from the little bit I have read, that transmission path appears to be difficult, the virus dies easily.”
As you will see below, there are five various types of Ebola. The latest information on this outbreak is what I posted earlier, that touch appears to be a way to get it. If someone with it, touches “x”, and you touch “x”, you may get the transfer of the virus. Sure, there is a time limit of the virus being active, but you wouldn’t know how long ago an infected person touched “x”.
Say you’re in an airport and go to the bathroom which most every person who gets off a plane, does as soon as they see a bathroom. You go in that bathroom after they leave, and you touch what they touched, and you get it. The movie, “Contagion”, shows how easy it is to get a deadly disease from travel.
I read the update today from WHO, and it’s sad that some health care workers get/got it and most of them who got it, died. Somewhere in their care of these people, they missed some precaution they should have taken, and got it. Those caretakers are braver than I am - I couldn’t do it.
This is from WHO:
Genus Ebolavirus is one of three members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus), along with genus Marburgvirus and genus Cuevavirus. Genus Ebolavirus comprises five distinct species: Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BDBV); Zaire ebolavirus (EBOV); Reston ebolavirus (RESTV); Sudan ebolavirus (SUDV); and Taï Forest ebolavirus (TAFV). BDBV, EBOV, and SUDV have been associated with large EVD outbreaks in Africa, whereas RESTV and TAFV have not. Samples taken from patients in this outbreak have tested positive for EBOV.