SURVIVAL OF MARBURG VIRUS ON CONTAMINATED SURFACES AND IN AEROSOL

Marburg virus was shown to survive for up to 4-5 days on contaminated surfaces. In aerosol it was not stable, the specific rate of its inact ivation being 0.05 min-1. This brought the authors to a conclusion tha t a relatively close contact is needed for virus transmission from man to man, although the possibility of aerosol transmission of the infec tion may be appreciably increased in case of the hemorrhagic syndrome with a high level of viremia.