Viable influenza A virus in airborne particles expelled during coughs versus exhalations

• Published in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 404 - 413
• Main Authors: Lindsley, William G., Blachere, Francoise M., Beezhold, Donald H., Thewlis, Robert E., Noorbakhsh, Bahar, Othumpangat, Sreekumar, Goldsmith, William T., McMillen, Cynthia M., Andrew, Michael E., Burrell, Carmen N., Noti, John D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2016; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aerosols; Aerosols - analysis; Air Microbiology; airborne transmission; Cough; Cough - virology; Disease control; Disease transmission; Epidemics; Exhalation; Female; Health facilities; Humans; Illnesses; infectious disease transmission; Influenza; Influenza A; Influenza A virus - physiology; Influenza viruses; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Influenza, Human - transmission; Influenza, Human - virology; Male; Microbial Viability; Original; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Patients; Penicillin G; Public health; Respiratory diseases; RNA, Viral; Samplers; Spirometry; Virus Replication; Viruses; Young Adult; West Virginia; United States > US; influenza; Aerosols; airborne transmission; air microbiology; infectious disease transmission; cough

Background To prepare for a possible influenza pandemic, a better understanding of the potential for the airborne transmission of influenza from person to person is needed. Objectives The objective of this study was to directly compare the generation of aerosol particles containing viable influenza...