Viral infection: Breathing alone may spread the flu

Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 123 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2018.23

Author: Ashley York
Influenza viruses have been proposed to spread through aerosols, but the importance of this mode of transmission between humans is unclear. Now, Yan et al. provide evidence that humans generate infectious aerosols by characterizing the virus in exhaled breath during natural breathing, prompted speech,

Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - February 12, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Ashley York Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research