 [ Symptoms ] is ebola a blood virus is ebola a blood born virus [ Disease ] yes it is the full name of the disease is  ebola hemorrhagic fever  it is a blood borne virus that can only be transmitted from person to person through direct contact with bodily fluids while the virus lives in the blood so to speak it also is present in other body fluids such as saliva the chances of getting ebola in the united states are very very small you cannot catch ebola from casual contact with another person such as touching their hair people infected with the ebola virus can only pass the virus to another person while they have active symptoms such as a fever if you live in the united states you need not worry about catching ebola wishing you well