Ebola Virus Stability Under Hospital and Environmental Conditions

Danielle Westhoff Smith; Lindsay Hill-Batorski; Alhaji N'Jai; Amie J. Eisfeld; Gabriele Neumann; Peter Halfmann; Yoshihiro Kawaoka

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiw167

Ebola Virus Stability Under Hospital and Environmental Conditions

Danielle Westhoff Smith, Lindsay Hill-Batorski, Alhaji N'Jai, Amie J. Eisfeld, Gabriele Neumann, Peter Halfmann, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

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Abstract

The West African outbreak of Ebola virus (EBOV) is largely contained, but sporadic new cases continue to emerge. To assess the potential contribution of fomites to human infections with EBOV, we tested EBOV stability in human blood spotted onto Sierra Leonean banknotes and in syringe needles under hospital and environmental conditions. Under some of these conditions, EBOV remained infectious for >30 days, indicating that EBOV-contaminated items may pose a serious risk to humans.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S142-S144
Journal	Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	214
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiw167
State	Published - Oct 15 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Banknotes
Ebola virus
Virus stability

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