Influenza is thought to be communicated from person to person by multiple pathways.
However, the relative importance of different routes of influenza transmission is unclear. To …

Patients with influenza release aerosol particles containing the virus into their environment.
However, the importance of airborne transmission in the spread of influenza is unclear, in …

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 …

The question of whether influenza is transmitted to a significant degree by aerosols remains
controversial, in part, because little is known about the quantity and size of potentially …

Size-fractionated aerosol particles were collected in a hospital emergency department to test
for airborne influenza virus. Using real-time polymerase chain reaction, we confirmed the …

Background Recent studies suggest that humans exhale fine particles during tidal breathing
but little is known of their composition, particularly during infection. Methodology/Principal …

Background. Considerable controversy exists with regard to whether influenza virus and
respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are spread by the inhalation of infectious airborne particles …

Little is known about the amount and infectiousness of influenza virus shed into exhaled
breath. This contributes to uncertainty about the importance of airborne influenza …

Aerosol transmission routes of respiratory viruses have been classified by the WHO on the
basis of equilibrium particle size. Droplet transmission is associated with particles sized> 5 …

The CDC recommends that healthcare settings provide influenza patients with facemasks as
a means of reducing transmission to staff and other patients, and a recent report suggested …