Viable influenza a virus in airborne particles from human coughs

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 107-113

  Lindsley, William G ^a   Noti, John D ^a   Blachere, Francoise M ^a   Thewlis, Robert E ^a   Martin, Stephen B ^a   Othumpangat, Sreekumar ^a   Noorbakhsh, Bahar ^a   Goldsmith, William T ^a   Vishnu, Abhishek ^b   Palmer, Jan E ^b   Clark, Karen E ^b   Beezhold, Donald H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; air microbiology; airborne transmission; cough; infectious disease transmission; influenza

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; RNA, VIRAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ANALYSIS; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSMISSION; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84921391778     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2014.973113     Document Type: Article

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