ON THE MECHANISM OF SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTION

Abstract

The intimate mechanism of spread of airborne infection, however, is still insufficiently known. This paper represents an attempt to discuss this problem from the contemporary point of view, referring to the creation and the spread of bacterial aerosols and to the ways by which these aerosols enter the human respiratory tract.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 06, 1958
Accession Number
AD0680341

Entities

People

  • V. V. Vlodavets

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerosols
  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Aerosols
  • Bacteriology
  • Blood
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Environment
  • Eye
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lung
  • Microbiology
  • Nose
  • Rodents
  • Streptococcus
  • Tissues
  • Vaccines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design