Non-respiratory particles emitted by guinea pigs in airborne disease transmission experiments

Abstract Animal models are often used to assess the airborne transmissibility of various pathogens, which are typically assumed to be carried by expiratory droplets emitted directly from the respiratory tract of the infected animal. We recently established that influenza virus is also transmissible...

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Main Authors: Sima Asadi, Manilyn J. Tupas, Ramya S. Barre, Anthony S. Wexler, Nicole M. Bouvier, William D. Ristenpart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96678-w