Evidence of Long-Distance Aerial Convection of Variola Virus and Implications for Disease Control

Two distinct phenomena of airborne transmission of variola virus (smallpox) were described in the pre-eradication era—direct respiratory transmission, and a unique phenomenon of transmission over greater distances, referred to as “aerial convection”. We conducted an ana...

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Main Authors: Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Arpita Das, Xin Chen, Charitha De Silva, Con Doolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-12-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/1/33