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Article: Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary
Title | Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary |
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Keywords | Aerosol Airborne Droplet Transmission Infection |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/ |
Citation | BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019, v. 19, p. article no. 101 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Although short-range large-droplet transmission is possible for most respiratory infectious agents, deciding on whether the same agent is also airborne has a potentially huge impact on the types (and costs) of infection control interventions that are required.
The concept and definition of aerosols is also discussed, as is the concept of large droplet transmission, and airborne transmission which is meant by most authors to be synonymous with aerosol transmission, although some use the term to mean either large droplet or aerosol transmission.
However, these terms are often used confusingly when discussing specific infection control interventions for individual pathogens that are accepted to be mostly transmitted by the airborne (aerosol) route (e.g. tuberculosis, measles and chickenpox). It is therefore important to clarify such terminology, where a particular intervention, like the type of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, is deemed adequate to intervene for this potential mode of transmission, i.e. at an N95 rather than surgical mask level requirement.
With this in mind, this review considers the commonly used term of ‘aerosol transmission’ in the context of some infectious agents that are well-recognized to be transmissible via the airborne route. It also discusses other agents, like influenza virus, where the potential for airborne transmission is much more dependent on various host, viral and environmental factors, and where its potential for aerosol transmission may be underestimated. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/277984 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.031 |
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dc.contributor.author | Tellier, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Li, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cowling, BJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tang, JW | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-04T08:05:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-04T08:05:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019, v. 19, p. article no. 101 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2334 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/277984 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Although short-range large-droplet transmission is possible for most respiratory infectious agents, deciding on whether the same agent is also airborne has a potentially huge impact on the types (and costs) of infection control interventions that are required. The concept and definition of aerosols is also discussed, as is the concept of large droplet transmission, and airborne transmission which is meant by most authors to be synonymous with aerosol transmission, although some use the term to mean either large droplet or aerosol transmission. However, these terms are often used confusingly when discussing specific infection control interventions for individual pathogens that are accepted to be mostly transmitted by the airborne (aerosol) route (e.g. tuberculosis, measles and chickenpox). It is therefore important to clarify such terminology, where a particular intervention, like the type of personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, is deemed adequate to intervene for this potential mode of transmission, i.e. at an N95 rather than surgical mask level requirement. With this in mind, this review considers the commonly used term of ‘aerosol transmission’ in the context of some infectious agents that are well-recognized to be transmissible via the airborne route. It also discusses other agents, like influenza virus, where the potential for airborne transmission is much more dependent on various host, viral and environmental factors, and where its potential for aerosol transmission may be underestimated. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcinfectdis/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Infectious Diseases | - |
dc.rights | BMC Infectious Diseases. Copyright © BioMed Central Ltd. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Aerosol | - |
dc.subject | Airborne | - |
dc.subject | Droplet | - |
dc.subject | Transmission | - |
dc.subject | Infection | - |
dc.title | Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, Y: liyg@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cowling, BJ: bcowling@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, Y=rp00151 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cowling, BJ=rp01326 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12879-019-3707-y | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 30704406 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC6357359 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85060883332 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 306614 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 19 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 101 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 101 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000457378100003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1471-2334 | - |