The handbook published by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, USAMRID, titled is now in its seventh edition. The most recent edition was published in 2011, with more than 100,000 copies distributed to military and civilian health-care providers around the world. On page 177 of the handbook, in a chapter discussing “Viral Hemorrhagic Fever” (VHF), a category of viruses that includes Ebola, USAMRID says: “In several instances, secondary infections among contacts and medical personnel without direct body fluid exposure have been documented. These instances have prompted concern of a rare phenomenon of aerosol transmission of infection.” Page...
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