Controlled human influenza infection reveals heterogeneous expulsion of infectious virus into air - PubMed
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- #Influenza
- #Transmission
- #Aerosol
- Controlled human influenza infection study reveals variability in expulsion of infectious virus into the air.
- Modular influenza sampling tunnel (MIST) used to quantify and genotype infectious virus in respiratory particles.
- Infectious virus captured from humans experimentally infected with influenza, showing viral diversity in expelled aerosols.
- Expulsion of infectious virus linked to viral load in saliva and nasopharyngeal swabs, and clinical symptoms.
- Findings suggest individual heterogeneity in infectious expulsions, impacting transmission potential.