Exploration of the effectiveness of social distancing on respiratory pathogen transmission implicates environmental contributions

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1420-1426

  Broderick, Michael P ^a   Hansen, Christian J ^a   Russell, Kevin L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAINING; VIROLOGY;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949086762     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592711     Document Type: Article

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