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CDC, Australian DoD & Nigerian Federal Ministry Of Health State That Ebola Is An Aerosol Virus & Human-To-Human Transmittable Via Inhalation
Investmentwatch
It seems to be a common assumption that Ebola isn’t Aerosol and cant be transmitted via inhalation (a lot of news stories I read seem to make this assumption when talking about a story surrounding an infected person). While this is true for SOME strains of Ebola (4 out of 5), there is a strain that is Aerosol and transmittable via inhalation; the Zaire strain, which this current virus is a genetic variant of. Because of this I find that a lot of the precautions being taken, especially at airports, and in planes involving visibly sick people, really aren’t going to stand a chance for containing this virus (they seem to just let other passengers go assuming they are not also infected due to not actually touching the suspected person…). Truth is an airplane is extremely close to a “hospital environment”, which is the perfect condition for Ebola-Zaire to transmit via aerosol. For those that say that Ebola isn’t aerosol or transmittable via inhalation, please check out the follow .gov sources that blatantly say otherwise.
Australia Group Common Control List Handbook – Volume II – V13.Ebola virus
Exposure / Infection Routes:
-Inhalation (lungs): Aerosols
Human Transmissibility:
-Yes (direct and respiratory)
Human-to human transfer usually occurs through direct contact with bodily fluids from an infected individual though aerosol transmission can occur between individuals in close proximity to one another.
http://www.defence.gov.au/deco/_Master/docs/Australia_Group_Common_Control_List_Handbook_Volume_II.pdf
Federal Ministry of Health Abuja, Nigeria – Ebola Virus Disease Fact Sheet
How is Ebola Virus Disease spread?
6.Inhalation of contaminated air in hospital environment;
http://www.health.gov.ng/doc/Ebola%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf
CDC defines transmission for Ebola as follows.
1 Casual contact is defined as a) being within approximately 3 feet (1 meter) or within the room or care area for a prolonged period of time (e.g., healthcare personnel, household members) while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations); or b) having direct brief contact (e.g., shaking hands) with an EVD case while not wearing recommended personal protective equipment (i.e., droplet and contact precautions–see Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations). At this time, brief interactions, such as walking by a person or moving through a hospital, do not constitute casual contact.
