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Ebola Basics
Ebola is NOT spread by:
Casual Contact
Air
Water
Food Grown Legally in the US
How do you get Ebola?
Direct contact with:
Body fluids of someone who is sick with Ebola (blood, vomit, urine, feces, sweat, semen, spit, etc.)
Objects contaminated with the virus (needles, medical equipment)
Infected fruit bats or primates
Early Symptoms
Fever
Headache
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Stomach pain
Unexplained bleeding or bruising
Muscle pain
When is someone able to spread the disease to others?
Ebola only spreads when people are sick. A patient must have active symptom to spread the disease to others.
*Information from: cdc.gov/ebola