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To: Selene

Its a tropical disease.


11 posted on 10/13/2014 10:56:21 AM PDT by cripplecreek
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To: cripplecreek

I was going by this:

SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: The virus can survive in liquid or dried material for a number of days. Infectivity is found to be stable at room temperature or at 4°C for several days, and indefinitely stable at -70°C (6, 20). Infectivity can be preserved by lyophilisation.

Public Health Agency of Canada

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/lab-bio/res/psds-ftss/ebola-eng.php

the colder it is the longer the virus stays alive?


20 posted on 10/13/2014 11:16:26 AM PDT by Selene
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To: cripplecreek

Ebola samples are stored in -70 freezers indefinitely in the lab.

The colder, the longer lived.

Sitting in a hot car on a sunny day for a day or two would likely kill it.


27 posted on 10/13/2014 12:08:08 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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