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The article discusses airborne transmission of flu virus and the need to use N95 respirators during a flu pandemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu virus is transmitted into...
Facial masks were a standard preventive measure used during the 1918 pandemic [149]. Although the infectious agent of pandemic influenza was not particular, the consensus was that it was an airborne disease and that wearing a face mask would prevent infection [150]. Consequently, many cities and...
Routes of flu transmission include: 1) direct or indirect (e.g., doorknobs, keyboards) contact with an infected person, 2) contact via large droplet spray from a respiratory fluid (via coughs andsneezes), and 3) inhalation of fineairborne particles, which are generated by the release of sm...
Some physicians say face masks may help prevent getting airborne flu viruses (for example, from a cough or sneeze), but others think the better use for masks would be on those people who have symptoms and sneeze or cough. The use of Tamiflu, Relenza, or other antivirals may help prevent...
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Routes of flu transmission include: 1) direct or indirect (e.g., doorknobs, keyboards) contact with an infected person, 2) contact via large droplet spray from a respiratory fluid (via coughs andsneezes), and 3) inhalation of fineairborne particles, which are generated by the release of sm...
and transmissibility among animals inoculated intranasally or by aerosols with a human (H3N2) or avian (H5N1) influenza virus, we demonstrate that aerosol inoculations more closely resemble a natural, airborne influenza virus infection and that viable virus is measurable in droplets and droplet nuclei...