Question

For ebola Virus,

How is the disease transmitted?

Direct Person to Person: Physical Contact

Indirect Person to Person: Fomites or Vehicles

Vector Borne

Zoonotic

Air borne

Droplet

Food borne

Please mark all the characteristics that are applicable to this organism.

Gram +

Gram -

Acid Fast +

Acid Fast -

Endospore Forming

Non-Endospore Forming

Motile

Non-Motile

Catalase +

Catalase -

Aerobic

Facultative Anaerobe

Anaerobic

Microaerophile

Not Applicable

Answer 1

Ebola virus is transmitted through direct physical contact with person blood or body fluid like semen, tears , saliva etc. Ebola is also transmitted through indirect contact by exposure to contaminated surface. It is not an airborne disease, not foodborne, no spread by droplets , but it is a zoonotic disease that spread through animal to human , main reservior is monkey.

Ebola virus is filoviridae, enveloped, single stranded, non segmented negative sense RNA virus. Ebola is virus but here all the characterstics belongs to bacteria so not applicable.