Transmission routes of respiratory viruses among humans

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 28, Issue , 2018, Pages 142-151

  Kutter, Jasmin S ^a   Spronken, Monique I ^a   Fraaij, Pieter L ^a,b   Fouchier, Ron AM ^a   Herfst, Sander ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AEROSOL; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; MEASLES VIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARAMYXOVIRINAE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; REVIEW; RHINOVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; INFLUENZA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AEROSOLS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEASLES VIRUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 85041361395     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2018.01.001     Document Type: Review

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