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Health workers need optimal respiratory protection for Ebola
There has been a lot of on-line and published controversy about whether Ebola virus can be transmitted via aerosols. Most scientific and medical personnel, along with public health organizations, have been unequivocal in their statements that Ebola can be transmitted only by direct contact with virus-laden fluids 2,3 and that the only modes of transmission we should be concerned with are those termed "droplet" and "contact."
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/infectious-disease-topics/ebola
Dated September 17, 2014
Found this commentary while searching out information on the two cases of transmission among heathcare staff in Dallas.