Dependence of aerosol-borne influenza A virus infectivity on relative humidity and aerosol composition
Ghislain Motos, Aline Schaub, Shannon C. David, Laura J. Costa, Céline Terrettaz, Christos Kaltsonoudis, Irina Glas, Liviana K. Klein, Nir Bluvshtein, Beiping Luo, Kalliopi Violaki, Marie O. Pohl, Walter Hugentobler, Ulrich K. Krieger, Spyros Ν. Pandis, , Athanasios Nenes
This study investigates how relative humidity and aerosol composition affect influenza A virus infectivity in aerosol particles, finding that low humidity and efflorescence preserve infectivity longer than intermediate humidity conditions.
Frontiers in Microbiology · Oct 16, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology