Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion.

Natural ventilation for the prevention of airborne contagion.

Institutional transmission of airborne infections such as tuberculosis (TB) is an important public health problem, especially in resource-limited settings where protective measures such as negative-pressure isolation rooms are difficult to implement. Natural ventilation may offer a low-cost alternat...

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Main Authors: A Roderick Escombe, Clarissa C Oeser, Robert H Gilman, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, William Pan, Carlos Martínez, Jesus Chacaltana, Richard Rodríguez, David A J Moore, Jon S Friedland, Carlton A Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-02-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1808096?pdf=render

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