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 …

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 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 …

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

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 …

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

Background. Defining dispersal of influenza virus via aerosol is essential for the
development of prevention measures. Methods. During the 2010–2011 influenza season …

Background. Volunteer challenge studies have provided detailed data on viral shedding
from the respiratory tract before and through the course of experimental influenza virus …

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 …