(302) Their assumption was based on a smoke test performed several months after the outbreak that was interpreted as consistent with
airborne transmission because the smoke spread along the same pattern as the cases.
Evidence of
airborne transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus.
Airborne transmission of infectious disease is a major public health concern.
Role of ventilation in
airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment - a multidisciplinary systematic review.
Tina Hesman Saey reported In "
Airborne transmission of Ebola unlikely" (SN: 9/6/14, p.
1-2, the Agency quietly changed the language of their Pathogen Safety Data Sheet on Ebola to softer, less alarming language on
airborne transmission, including the removal of citations to key scientific literature.
However, airborne precautions, including use of N95 respirators and placement of patients in negative pressure isolation rooms, offers the theoretical benefit of limiting
airborne transmission. The infectious dose for Ebola virus is thought to be low and the viral load in blood increases exponentially as symptoms progress.
Last week, he told the Los Angeles Times that he aACAywouldn't rule out' the possibility of
airborne transmission in aACAytight quarters'.
That means that isolation is a little bit easier than having to protect also against
airborne transmission.
''If there was a role for
airborne transmission, we'd be seeing a lot more cases and deaths by now,'' said Ben Neuman, a virologist at Britain's University of Reading.
Of 183 epidemiological studies published worldwide from 1960-2005 with keywords or medical subject headings (MeSH) pertaining to
airborne transmission of communicable respiratory diseases, only 40 studies provided data on ventilation.
"The clear message here is that detection of airborne MERS-CoV molecules, which were 100 per cent identical with the viral genomic sequence detected from a camel actively shedding the virus in the same barn on the same day, warrants further investigations and measures to prevent possible
airborne transmission of this deadly virus," Azhar said.
