- Infection Control Today - Airborne Transmission
... Direct contact and droplets are the primary ways influenza spreads. Under certain
conditions, however, aerosol transmission is possible. ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/topics/airborne-transmission.aspx - 53k
2010-10-26 - Source, Engineering Controls Can Help Prevent Aerosol Transmission ...
... dynamics modeling revealed that the dispersal pattern of aerosols originated from ...
Possible Role of Aerosol Transmission in a Hospital Outbreak of Influenza. ...
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2010-11-22 - Hong Kong Hospital Reports Possible Airborne Influenza ...
... "We showed that infectious aerosols generated by ... distribution of affected patients
was highly consistent with an aerosol mode of transmission, as opposed ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2010/11/hong-kong-hospital-reports-possible-airborne-influenza-transmission.aspx - 48k
2009-05-20 - Face Protection Effective in Preventing Flu Spread
... A new article in the journal Risk Analysis assessed various ways in which aerosol
transmission of the flu, a central mode of diffusion which involves breathing ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2009/05/face-protection-effective-in-preventing-flu-sprea.aspx - 49k
2011-02-01 - Size of Airborne Flu Virus Impacts Risk
... “The aerosol transmission route is particularly controversial since there is scant
proof of infection mediated by virus-laden aerosols, partly due to the ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/02/size-of-airborne-flu-virus-impacts-risk.aspx - 50k
2004-10-01 - Draft Isolation Guideline Addresses New Challenges, ClarifiesOld ...
... A new classification of aerosol transmission was proposed ... disease occurs following
transmission of the ... only through small particle aerosols; 2. preferential ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/2004/10/draft-isolation-guideline-addresses-new-challenge.aspx - 58k
2009-06-12 - SHEA Issues Interim Guidance on Infection Control Precautions for ...
... 3.Lemieux C, Brankston G, Gitterman L, Hirji Z, Gardam M. Questioning aerosol
transmission of influenza. Emerg Infect Dis 2007; 13:173-4; author reply 174-5. ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2009/06/shea-issues-interim-guidance-on-infection-control.aspx - 63k
- Infection Control Today - Airborne Pathogens
... Direct contact and droplets are the primary ways influenza spreads. Under certain
conditions, however, aerosol transmission is possible. ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/topics/airborne-pathogens.aspx - 54k
2010-12-07 - Human Coughs Can be Pathway for Flu Transmission
... was detected in the cough aerosols from 2 ... coughing by influenza patients emits aerosol
particles containing ... a pathway for influenza transmission, especially in ...
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2011-03-01 - New Report Raises Question of Flu Viability in Respirable ...
... droplet spray as well as aerosol routes, which ... the relative contribution of influenza
transmission modes ... the viability of influenza in aerosols, salivary virus ...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/articles/2011/03/new-report-raises-question-of-flu-viability-in-respirable-particles-addresses-ppe-imperatives.aspx - 61k