Dynamics of Airborne influenza A viruses indoors and dependence on humidity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Yang, Wan ^a   Marr, Linsey C ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; SNEEZING; SPEECH; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COUGH; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 79959576979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021481     Document Type: Article

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