Ebola and Marburg viruses. Transmission to humans happens through contact with meat or body fluids of an infected animal. The disease can then be transmitted from human to human through body fluids (including semen for months after recovery) and it is highly contagious.}<b>Risk factors</b>yy Communities around game parks yy Communities in endemic area yy Cultural practices like burial rituals yy Poor infection control policies yy History of exposure to infected people in the last 2 to 21 days i.e sexual partner, breastfeeding mothers yy Recent contact with infected animals e.g monkeys, bats, infected game meat