Environmental factors affecting the transmission of respiratory viruses

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-95

  Pica, Natalie ^a   Bouvier, Nicole M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; ADENOVIRUS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT HUMIDITY; CLIMATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEATHER;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; VIRUSES;

EID: 84857366633     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2011.12.003     Document Type: Review

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