[PDF][PDF] Virus survival in the environment with special attention to survival in sewage droplets and other environmental media of fecal or respiratory origin

MD Sobsey, JS Meschke - Report for the World Health Organization …, 2003 - oretek.com
Viruses are submicroscopic, obligate intracellular parasites that are biologically active only
within their host. They range in size from about 20 to 300 nm and consist of a nucleic acid …

Total concentrations of virus and bacteria in indoor and outdoor air

AJ Prussin, EB Garcia, LC Marr - Environmental Science & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Viruses play important roles in microbial ecology and some infectious diseases, but
relatively little is known about the concentrations, sources, transformation, and fate of viruses …

Deposition rates of viruses and bacteria above the atmospheric boundary layer

I Reche, G D'Orta, N Mladenov, DM Winget… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aerosolization of soil-dust and organic aggregates in sea spray facilitates the long-range
transport of bacteria, and likely viruses across the free atmosphere. Although long-distance …

[HTML][HTML] Minimum infective dose of the major human respiratory and enteric viruses transmitted through food and the environment

S Yezli, JA Otter - Food and Environmental Virology, 2011 - Springer
Viruses are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality around the world. Determining the
minimum dose of virus particles that can initiate infection, termed the minimum infective dose …

Controversy around airborne versus droplet transmission of respiratory viruses: implication for infection prevention

EYC Shiu, NHL Leung, BJ Cowling - Current opinion in infectious …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Studies that use transmission events as outcome to demonstrate human-to-human
transmission over the aerosol route or quantitative measurement of infectious respiratory …

Influence of relative humidity on the survival of some airborne viruses

JR Songer - Applied microbiology, 1967 - Am Soc Microbiol
A system for studying the effects of relative humidity (RH) and temperature on biological
aerosols, utilizing a modified toroid for a static aerosol chamber, is described. Studies were …

Issues concerning survival of viruses on surfaces

P Vasickova, I Pavlik, M Verani, A Carducci - Food and Environmental …, 2010 - Springer
Viruses are the causative agents of an estimated 60% of human infections worldwide. The
most common viral illnesses are produced by enteric and respiratory viruses. Transmission …

[HTML][HTML] Total virus and bacteria concentrations in indoor and outdoor air

AJ Prussin, EB Garcia, LC Marr - Environmental science & …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Viruses play important roles in microbial ecology and some infectious diseases, but
relatively little is known about concentrations, sources, transformation, and fate of viruses in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in the measurement of pathogenic airborne viruses

J Bhardwaj, S Hong, J Jang, CH Han, J Lee… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Air-transmissible pathogenic viruses, such as influenza viruses and coronaviruses, are
some of the most fatal strains and spread rapidly by air, necessitating quick and stable …

Viricidal activity of open air

JE Benbough, AM Hood - Epidemiology & Infection, 1971 - cambridge.org
Viricidal activity of open air Page 1 J. Hyg., Camb. (1971), 69, 619 619 Printed in Great Britain
Viricidal activity of open air BY JE BENBOUGH AND AM HOOD Microbiological Research …