Billions of tons of desert dust move through the atmosphere each year. The primary source
regions, which include the Sahara and Sahel regions of North Africa and the Gobi and Takla …

Influenza is one of the most contagious and rapidly spreading infectious diseases and an
important global cause of hospital admissions and mortality. There are some amounts of the …

Background Prevention of infection with airborne pathogens and exposure to airborne
particulates and aerosols (environmental pollutants and allergens) can be facilitated through …

The abatement of airborne pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi has become an
important goal of air-quality management. Efficient and effective treatment techniques such …

The quantity, identity, and distribution of biomass in indoor and outdoor aerosols are poorly
described. This is not consistent with the current understanding of atmospheric chemistry or …

The purpose of this study was to determine the physical collection efficiency of commercially
available filters for collecting airborne bacteria, viruses, and other particles in the 10–900 nm …

Aerosol particles expelled during human coughs are a potential pathway for infectious
disease transmission. However, the importance of airborne transmission is unclear for many …

As a first step in conducting studies of airborne influenza transmission, we compared the
collection performance of an SKC Biosampler, a compact cascade impactor (CCI), Teflon …

Suspensions of transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV), a porcine coronavirus, were
nebulized at rates of 0.1–0.2 ml/min into moving air using a Collison nebulizer or a plastic …

The mode of infection transmission has profound implications for effective containment by
public health interventions. The mode of smallpox transmission was never conclusively …