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

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jul;21(7):1243-6. doi: 10.3201/eid2107.150253.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Ebola virus; environment; fluids; simulated outbreak environments; stability; surfaces; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Ebolavirus / physiology*
  • Environmental Microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Microbial Viability
  • Surface Properties
  • Vero Cells