Can we get ebola from letters/pkgs from affected countries?i moved into a new apmt in nj and the mailbox had old soiled letters which i had to discard

Agree w Dr. Singh: There have been no reported cases of Ebola transmission by this route. Ebola can be transmitted through bodily fluids such as urine, feces, sweat and blood. There would need to be a contaminated surface for this to occur and the organism would need to still be alive. It would also need to make it the other person's eyes, nose, mouth, abraded tissue, open cut or wound.