It’s likely that the doctor was exposed to ebola by an assistant who was helping the medics with their protective gear. The helper turned up with the bug before the doctor.
And those doctors are working very long hours in a hot climate, a recipe for mistakes.
And those doctors are working very long hours in a hot climate, a recipe for mistakes.
Thanks.
Likely? A (non-medical) assistant may have transmitted the virus? Long hours? Heat? What else are we speculating about? Obviously even trained medical professionals are not safe.
The vector need not be an arthropod. It could be a fomite. It could be currency, towels, clothing, dishes, books, door knobs, or keyboards, for example. For the Ebola virus, we do not yet know what the vectors are. It is not true that Ebola is "not vector-borne". All they are saying is that it is not arthropod-borne.