Title: Ebola Virus: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention
Headings: Ebola Virus Infection
Ebola Virus Infection
How Do You Get Ebola?
What Are the Symptoms of Ebola?
How Is Ebola Diagnosed?
How Is Ebola Treated?
How Can You Prevent Ebola?
Ebola Facts
Health Solutions

Content: It kills up to 90% of people who are infected. How Do You Get Ebola? Ebola isn’t as contagious as more common viruses like colds, influenza, or measles. It spreads to people by contact with the skin or bodily fluids of an infected animal, like a monkey, chimp, or fruit bat. Then it moves from person to person the same way. Those who care for a sick person or bury someone who has died from the disease often get it. Other ways to get Ebola include touching contaminated needles or surfaces. You can’t get Ebola from air, water, or food. A person who has Ebola but has no symptoms can’t spread the disease, either. What Are the Symptoms of Ebola?