A comprehensive breath plume model for disease transmission via expiratory aerosols.

The peak in influenza incidence during wintertime in temperate regions represents a longstanding, unresolved scientific question. One hypothesis is that the efficacy of airborne transmission via aerosols is increased at lower humidities and temperatures, conditions that prevail in wintertime. Recent...

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Main Authors: Siobhan K Halloran, Anthony S Wexler, William D Ristenpart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352828?pdf=render