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I just scanned it, but it seems to say that Ebola can be transmitted in aerosol form, but not that it similarly contagious as influenza.

The aerosol form described in that paper is artificially generated, in which the animal is confined, immobile, while an aerosol is generated directly into its face. The virus does not even have time to dry out in that condition (drying kills it).

Getting sick from breathing an aerosol does not mean that one who is sick can generate an aerosol. For example, people who get sick from breathing anthrax spores are not contagious at all.

But let`s concentrate on the temperature issue, that`s what concerns. I live near Akron Ohio and we get cold temps here.

You say drying kills it, well will freezing kill it?

If so, then will near freezing temps kill it? The site says USAMRIID`s answer is no.

It changes the equation due to the simple fact that at 50 F, that droplet will not dry out as fast.

And I`ve read that drying onto a glass surface will not kill Ebola, that it can survive up to 50 days on a protected glass substrate.

Will the colder days increase that viability? We need to know as we Northerners do deal with cold temps.