Virus present in high quantity in blood, body fluids, and excreta of symptomatic Ebola patients
Opportunities for human-to-human transmission
Direct contact (through broken skin or unprotected mucous membranes) with an Ebola patient’s blood or body fluids
Sharps injury (with contaminated needle or other sharp)
Direct contact with the corpse of a person who died of Ebola
Indirect contact with an Ebola patient’s blood or body fluids via a contaminated object (soiled linens or used utensils)
Possibly, contact with semen from a recovered male Ebola patient
Ebola can also be transmitted via contact with blood, fluids, or meat of an infected animal
Limited evidence that dogs become infected with Ebola virus
No reports of dogs or cats becoming sick with or transmitting Ebola