Review of Aerosol Transmission of Influenza A Virus

By Raymond Tellier. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006

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Extensive evidence indicates that aerosol transmission of influenza occurs and should be taken into account for pandemic planning.

Subfields: Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Absolute humidity modulates influenza survival, transmission, and seasonality (2009, neutral): “dt D e es wRvTr , [2]”
Aerosol transmission of influenza A virus: a review of new studies (2009, background): “There is considerable support in the scientific literature for a contribution of aerosol transmission to the spread of influenza A, which has been reviewed elsewhere (Tellier 2006).”
Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary (2019, background): “For human influenza viruses, the question of airborne versus large droplet transmission is perhaps most controversial [54] [55] [56] [57] .”
Effects of temperature and humidity on the daily new cases and new deaths of COVID-19 in 166 countries (2020, neutral): “Second, the moisture in the exhaled bioaerosols evaporates rapidly in low relative humidity, forming droplet nuclei that remain in the air for longer, thereby increasing the likelihood of pathogen transmission (Lowen et al., 2007; Tellier, 2006).”
Transmission of COVID-19 virus by droplets and aerosols: A critical review on the unresolved dichotomy (2020, background): “In the meantime, direct physical touch between an infected individual and susceptible host and indirect contact with infectious secretions on fomites can cause the contact transmission (Boone and Gerba, 2007; Brankston et al., 2007; Nicas et al., 2005; Tellier, 2006).”
Influenza Virus Transmission Is Dependent on Relative Humidity and Temperature (2007, background): “At low RH, evaporation of water from exhaled bioaerosols would occur rapidly, leading to the formation of droplet nuclei; conversely, at high RH, small respiratory droplets would take on water, increase in size and settle more quickly out of the air [16].”
Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing (2014, background): “Airborne transmission may arise through inhalation of relatively small infected droplets or the pathogen-bearing solid residues of size <5–10 µm, referred to as droplet nuclei, that can form from the small droplets via evaporation (e.g. Nicas, Nazaroff, & Hubbard 2005; Tellier 2006).”
The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission (2020, background): “Larger droplets, which are also abundant but associated with closeproximity direct virus transfer or fomite transmission (11), or which can become resuspended in air at a later point in time (12), are not considered here.”
The role of particle size in aerosolised pathogen transmission: A review (2010, neutral): “Other factors, such as infectious dose at different sites, are also implicated in the establishment of infection in the respiratory tract and have been reviewed elsewhere.(35)Compared with upper respiratory tract infections, lower respiratory tract infections are associated with increased severity, ”
Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health (2007, background): “However, the contribution of aerosol transmission of human influenza virus remains controversial (228).”