Ebola Virus Stability on Surfaces and in Fluids in Simulated Outbreak Environments

Fischer, Robert; Judson, Seth; Miazgowicz, Kerri; Bushmaker, Trenton; Prescott, Joseph; Munster, Vincent J.

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Ebola Virus Stability on Surfaces and in Fluids in Simulated Outbreak Environments

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Jul 2015
By Fischer, Robert ; Judson, Seth ; Miazgowicz, Kerri ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Fischer, Robert ; Judson, Seth ; Miazgowicz, Kerri ; Bushmaker, Trenton ; Prescott, Joseph ; Munster, Vincent J.
Description:

We evaluated the stability of Ebola virus on surfaces and in fluids under simulated environmental conditions for the climate of West Africa and for climate-controlled hospitals. This virus remains viable for a longer duration on surfaces in hospital conditions than in African conditions and in liquid than in dried blood.
Subjects:

Animals Chlorocebus Aethiops Ebolavirus Environmental Microbiology Humans Macaca Fascicularis Microbial Viability Surface Properties Vero Cells
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 21(7):1243-1246
Pubmed ID:

26079114
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4480404
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Intramural NIH HHS/United States
Volume:

21
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:1972d67152546af70c7643199722089bdc397a43ec85d7ca2e3e55e251b4947c
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/31846/cdc_31846_DS1.pdf
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