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global1

(25,241 posts) Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:38 PM Oct 2014

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Is It True That The Ebola Virus Remains Viable On Surfaces, Clothes & Other Fabrics For 3 Weeks?....

I heard somebody saying that the other day and I thought that the virus quickly dissipates after exposed to the environment.

What is true here?

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Is It True That The Ebola Virus Remains Viable On Surfaces, Clothes & Other Fabrics For 3 Weeks?.... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2014 OP

my understanding is that it lasts only hours at most *once it's dry* unblock Oct 2014 #1

That Was My Understanding As Well.....nt global1 Oct 2014 #2

. scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #3

Link? Beaverhausen Oct 2014 #7

cdc scarystuffyo Oct 2014 #8

What about animals and insects? davidn3600 Oct 2014 #4

They put the dog down because they panicked. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #5

It was a shitty thing to do Aerows Oct 2014 #11

Couldn't they have tested the dog? KamaAina Oct 2014 #12

I don't know, it was Aerows Oct 2014 #15

It is thought that dogs can be carriers of the virus and not get sick LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #6

Cats cannot carry it Aerows Oct 2014 #10

Ahh, the secret weapon, hose down the person with milk and turn loose a gaggle of cats. LiberalArkie Oct 2014 #13

I think it depends upon exposure to UV Egnever Oct 2014 #9

Cats appear to have a strong immune response to Ebola Aerows Oct 2014 #14

unblock

(52,190 posts)

1. my understanding is that it lasts only hours at most *once it's dry*

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:39 PM

Oct 2014

global1

(25,241 posts)

2. That Was My Understanding As Well.....nt

Reply to unblock (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:41 PM

Oct 2014

scarystuffyo

(733 posts)

3. .

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:45 PM

Oct 2014

Ebola is killed with hospital-grade disinfectants (such as household bleach). Ebola on dried on surfaces such as doorknobs and countertops can survive for several hours; however, virus in body fluids (such as blood) can survive up to several days at room temperature

Beaverhausen

(24,470 posts)

7. Link?

Reply to scarystuffyo (Reply #3)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:09 PM

Oct 2014

Thanks

scarystuffyo

(733 posts)

8. cdc

Reply to Beaverhausen (Reply #7)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:13 PM

Oct 2014

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/qas.html

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)

4. What about animals and insects?

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:45 PM

Oct 2014

Mosquitoes that bite an ebola patient is taking body fluids with it. If it bites an ebola patient and then someone else, does that transmit the virus?

Apparently dogs can carry it. They put down the dog of the nurse in Spain.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

5. They put the dog down because they panicked.

Reply to davidn3600 (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 06:51 PM

Oct 2014

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

11. It was a shitty thing to do

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #5)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:17 PM

Oct 2014

but dogs can asymptomatically carry it. Cats cannot.

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

12. Couldn't they have tested the dog?

Reply to Aerows (Reply #11)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:20 PM

Oct 2014

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

15. I don't know, it was

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:25 PM

Oct 2014

a horrible kneejerk reaction.

LiberalArkie

(15,709 posts)

6. It is thought that dogs can be carriers of the virus and not get sick

Reply to davidn3600 (Reply #4)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:08 PM

Oct 2014

It just wasn't worth the risk to the community.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

10. Cats cannot carry it

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:15 PM

Oct 2014

as far as a study I read. They have too high of a body temperature and their saliva kills it.

LiberalArkie

(15,709 posts)

13. Ahh, the secret weapon, hose down the person with milk and turn loose a gaggle of cats.

Reply to Aerows (Reply #10)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:20 PM

Oct 2014

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

9. I think it depends upon exposure to UV

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:15 PM

Oct 2014

It can survive much longer in the dark.

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

14. Cats appear to have a strong immune response to Ebola

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Oct 13, 2014, 07:21 PM

Oct 2014

http://www.catchannel.com/cat-news/2014/08/ebola-and-cats.aspx

http://www.petmd.com/blogs/thedailyvet/lorieahuston/2014/august/ebola-virus-and-cats-31940

http://time.com/3480961/ebola-animals-transmission/

http://www.pethealthnetwork.com/news-blogs/a-vets-life/can-ebola-spread-dogs-and-cats-first-us-case-heightens-concerns

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