Predictors of indoor absolute humidity and estimated effects on influenza virus survival in grade schools

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Koep, Tyler H ^a   Enders, Felicity T ^a   Pierret, Chris ^b   Ekker, Stephen C ^b   Krageschmidt, Dale ^a   Neff, Kevin L ^b   Lipsitch, Marc ^c   Shaman, Jeffrey ^d   Huskins, W Charles ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Humidity; Influenza; Schools

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY METER; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED STATES; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; SCHOOLS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84873276604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-71     Document Type: Article

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