What Is Ebola?
7. How Is Ebola Prevented?
The most important prevention strategy is to avoid contact with fluids of individuals who are infected. The virus enters through a person’s mucous membranes or broken skin. It often is transmitted when someone touches his or her face with contaminated hands. This can be immediately after coming in contact with infected fluids or some time later.
The current recommendations for preventing the spread of Ebola is to avoid contact with infected individuals, deceased individuals who died from Ebola virus disease, and with bats and primates. Because Ebola is very rare in the United States, these prevention strategies are particularly important if you are traveling to an area where the virus is present or meeting someone who is at risk of contracting the Ebola virus.
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