Structural explanation for the effect of humidity on persistence of airborne virus: Seasonality of influenza

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 822-829

  Minhaz Ud Dean, S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Ashtabhuj Systems   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Infective aerosol; Seasonal disease; Tropical epidemic; Vapor pressure; Virus survival

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFLUENZA; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; VAPOR PRESSURE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOST RESISTANCE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIR PRESSURE; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEASONS;

EID: 77952668172     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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