Routes of influenza transmission

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 42-51

  Killingley, Ben ^a   Nguyen Van Tam, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Contact; Droplet; Influenza; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL TRANSMISSION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; ASYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTACT TRANSMISSION; DROPLET TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; NON PHARMACEUTICAL INTERVENTION; PANDEMIC; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRE SYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AEROSOL; CONTACT; DROPLET; INFLUENZA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84883200645     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12080     Document Type: Review

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