The Hot Zone
How many particles does it take to cause an Ebola infection?
chapter 6: Total immersion
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Five or ten Ebola-virus particles suspended in a droplet of blood could easily slip through a pinhole in a surgical glove, and that might be enough to start an explosive infection.Source(s)
Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus (pp. 88-89). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
