Aerosol transmission is an important mode of influenza A virus spread

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Ip, Dennis K M ^a   Fang, Vicky J ^a   Suntarattiwong, Piyarat ^b   Olsen, Sonja J ^c,d   Levy, Jens ^c   Uyeki, Timothy M ^d   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Malik Peiris, J S ^a   Chotpitayasunondh, Tawee ^b   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,e   Mark Simmerman, James ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN SIRIKIT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f Medical Affairs   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOL TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HAND WASHING; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY INFECTION; SURGICAL MASK; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FAMILY SIZE; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFLUENZA;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS;

AEROSOL;

AEROSOLS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 84884263936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2922     Document Type: Article

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