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- Title
Airborne Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Its Implications.
- Authors
Tong, Tommy R.
- Abstract
The article informs that airborne transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus (CoV) has been the favored explanation for its transmission on an aircraft and appeared to explain a large community outbreak of SARS in the Amoy Gardens in Hong Kong. Several viruses and other pathogens, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have been shown to be transmitted by airborne dissemination. However, the possibility of airborne dissemination of SARS-CoV has been controversial. Because none of the SARS-CoV cultures were found to be positive and host infection was not involved, the authors rightly avoided drawing a conclusion of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV.
- Subjects
SARS disease; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis; MYCOBACTERIAL diseases; LUNG diseases; TUBERCULOSIS; CHEST diseases
- Publication
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2005, Vol 191, Issue 9, p1401
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1086/429637