Exposure to influenza virus aerosols in the hospital setting: is routine patient care an aerosol generating procedure?
J Infect Dis
.
2014 Aug 1;210(3):504-5.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiu127.
Epub 2014 Mar 4.
Authors
Kristin J Cummings
1
,
Stephen B Martin Jr
1
,
William G Lindsley
2
,
Sreekumar Othumpangat
2
,
Francoise M Blachere
2
,
John D Noti
2
,
Donald H Beezhold
2
,
Nasira Roidad
3
,
John E Parker
3
,
David N Weissman
1
Affiliations
1
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies.
2
Health Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
3
Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
PMID:
24596280
PMCID:
PMC4624392
DOI:
10.1093/infdis/jiu127
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Comment
MeSH terms
Air Microbiology*
Female
Humans
Influenza, Human / transmission*
Inhalation Exposure / analysis*
Male
Orthomyxoviridae / isolation & purification*
Grants and funding
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States