Humidity as a non-pharmaceutical intervention for influenza A

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Reiman, Jennifer M ^a   Das, Biswadeep ^a,b   Sindberg, Gregory M ^a   Urban, Mark D ^a   Hammerlund, Madeleine E M ^a   Lee, Han B ^a   Spring, Katie M ^a   Lyman Gingerich, Jamie ^c   Generous, Alex R ^d   Koep, Tyler H ^e   Ewing, Kevin ^f   Lilja, Phil ^g   Enders, Felicity T ^a   Ekker, Stephen C ^a   Huskins, W Charles ^a   Fadel, Hind J ^a   Pierret, Chris ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^d MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f Aldrich Memorial Nursery School   (United States)

^g Dri Steem Humidifier Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOMITE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS SURVIVAL; INFLUENZA; PHYSIOLOGY;

AIR;

AIR; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN;

EID: 85054010945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204337     Document Type: Article

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