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Transmission Route of Rhinovirus Type 39 in a Monodispersed Airborne Aerosol

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Werner E. Bischoff
Werner E. Bischoff*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*
Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Infectious Diseases, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 271571042 (wbischof@wfubmc.edu)
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Abstract

The common cold affects millions of people. Unfortunately, it remains unknown whether cold viruses enter the respiratory tract only through the nose and mouth or whether they can also enter through the tear ducts. Transocular exposure to an airborne infectious dose of human rhinovirus did not lead to infection.

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Concise Communcations
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 31 , Issue 8 , August 2010 , pp. 857 - 859
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2010

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