Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Dispatch
Ebola Virus Stability on Surfaces and in Fluids in Simulated Outbreak Environments
Robert J. Fischer1, Seth D. Judson1, Kerri Miazgowicz, Trenton Bushmaker, Joseph B. Prescott, and Vincent J. Munster
Table 2
Stability of Ebola virus in infected nonhuman primate blood under different environmental conditions*
| Blood sample, condition |
Initial virus titer, log10 TCID50/ mL |
No. days viable |
|---|---|---|
| NHP 1 | ||
| Drying 27°C, RH 80% | 6.5 | 5 |
| Drying 21°C, RH 40% | 6.5 | 1 |
| Liquid 27°C | 7.2 | 14 |
| Liquid 21°C | 7.2 | 14 |
| NHP 2 | ||
| Drying 27°C, RH 80% | 2.8 | 5 |
| Drying 21°C, RH 40% | 2.8 | 1 |
| Liquid 27°C | 4.2 | 11 |
| Liquid 21°C | 4.2 | 1 |
| NHP 3 | ||
| Drying 27°C, RH 80% | 7.2 | 4 |
| Drying 21°C, RH 40% | 7.2 | 4 |
| Liquid 27°C | 6.5 | 8 |
| Liquid 21°C | 6.5 | 14 |
*TCID50, 50% tissue culture infectious dose; NHP, nonhuman primate; RH, relative humidity.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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