Hypothesis: All respiratory viruses (including SARS‐CoV‐2) are aerosol‐transmitted
Julian W. Tang, Raymond Tellier, Yuguo Li
Abstract
The potential role of aerosol transmission for seasonal respiratory viruses has been dramatically highlighted during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is now evident that short-range (conversational) and long-range aerosol transmission plays at least some part in how all these respiratory viruses are transmitted between people. This article highlights and discusses various studies that form the basis for this hypothesis.
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AerosolCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Transmission (telecommunications)Pandemic2019-20 coronavirus outbreakRange (aeronautics)VirologyAirborne transmissionRespiratory systemBiologyMeteorologyMedicineGeographyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Computer scienceDiseaseTelecommunicationsAerospace engineeringPathologyOutbreakEngineeringAnatomyInfection Control and VentilationCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesRespiratory viral infections research