Transocular entry of seasonal influenza-attenuated virus aerosols and the efficacy of N95 respirators, surgical masks, and eye protection in humans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Bischoff, Werner E ^a   Reid, Tanya ^a   Russell, Gregory B ^a   Peters, Timothy R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SURGICAL MASK; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 79958723427     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir238     Document Type: Article

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