HOW EBOLA IS SPREAD. Ebola is spread through direct physical contact with body fluids like blood, saliva, stool, vomits, urine and sweat of an infected person. The virus can be gotten through eating dead animals that died of ebola. The virus can be gotten through contact with persons who have died of ebola. Splashing of body fluids from an infected person and soiled inner used by a patient. It can be spread through skin piercing instruments that have been used by an infected person.