Survival of Measles Virus in Air

Survival of Measles Virus in Air

MEASLES is a very infectious disease which is considered to be transmitted by airborne infection. The morbidity of measles shows a seasonal variation 1,2 the disease being more frequent in spring. The possibility that this seasonal variation could be related to variation of survival of the virus in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature (London) 1964-03, Vol.201 (4923), p.1054-1055
Hauptverfasser: DE JONG, J. G., WINKLER, K. C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Air Microbiology
England
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humidity
letter
Measles
Measles virus
Morbidity
multidisciplinary
Old Medline
Orthomyxoviridae
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Wales
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Zusammenfassung:MEASLES is a very infectious disease which is considered to be transmitted by airborne infection. The morbidity of measles shows a seasonal variation 1,2 the disease being more frequent in spring. The possibility that this seasonal variation could be related to variation of survival of the virus in air was examined by comparing experimental data on virus survival with morbidity data.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/2011054a0