Facts About Ebola

Ebola Virus is not spread through:

• Casual contact
• Air
• Water
• Food grown or legally purchased in USA

How do You get The Ebola Virus?

Ebola virus is spread by direct contact with:

• Body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola ( blood, vomit, sweat, semen, spit, other fluids )
• Objects contaminated with the virus ( needles, medical equipment )
• Infected animals ( by contact with blood or fluids or infected meat )

Early symptoms:

Ebola can only be spread to others after symptoms begin. Symptoms can appear from 2 to 21 days after exposure. The symptoms include:

• Fever
• Stomach pain
• Headache
• Unexplained bleeding or bruising. 
• Diarrhea
• Vomiting
• Muscle pain

When is someone able to spread disease to others?

Ebola only spreads when people are sick. A patient must have symptoms to spread the disease to others. 

After 21 days , if an exposed person does not develop symptoms they will not become sick with Ebola.