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Originally Posted by Russ

I heard someone talking about this yesterday - as it's (apparently) only transmitted via bodily fluids, surely if a carrier coughs or sneezes they're sending the virus airborne, albeit temporarily?

Originally Posted by http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/transmission/qas.html

Can Ebola spread by coughing? By sneezing?
Unlike respiratory illnesses like measles or chickenpox, which can be transmitted by virus particles that remain suspended in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes, Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with body fluids of a person who has symptoms of Ebola disease. Although coughing and sneezing are not common symptoms of Ebola, if a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that person’s eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease.

What does “direct contact” mean?
Direct contact means that body fluids (blood, saliva, mucus, vomit, urine, or feces) from an infected person (alive or dead) have touched someone’s eyes, nose, or mouth or an open cut, wound, or abrasion.

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Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Through the skin, not entirely sure though and can't remember.where I heard it but if true any contact with a carrier could be enough

Only broken skin. An open cut. It can't diffuse through skin tissue.