Aerosol-Transmitted Infections—a New Consideration for Public Health and Infection Control Teams
This article reviews the evidence and characteristics of some of the accepted (tuberculosis, measles, chickenpox, whooping cough) and some of the more opportunistic (influenza, Clostridium difficile, norovirus) aerosol-transmitted infectious agents and outlines methods of detecting and quantifying transmission.
Source: Current Treatment Options in Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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