2004
DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa032867
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Abstract: Airborne spread of the virus appears to explain this large community outbreak of SARS, and future efforts at prevention and control must take into consideration the potential for airborne spread of this virus.

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“…SARS-CoV shares similar characteristics with MERS-CoV, including likely zoonotic origin and transmission (17)(18)(19)(20). Recent research on MERS-CoV has demonstrated plausibility for zoonotic transmission from dromedary camels to humans (21,22 seems less able than SARS-CoV to spread from personto-person (23)(24)(25)(26). Reports from the SARS-CoV epidemic showed tertiary transmission to >100 people, and 20% of health care workers become infected from the index patient (24,27).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…SARS-CoV shares similar characteristics with MERS-CoV, including likely zoonotic origin and transmission (17)(18)(19)(20). Recent research on MERS-CoV has demonstrated plausibility for zoonotic transmission from dromedary camels to humans (21,22 seems less able than SARS-CoV to spread from personto-person (23)(24)(25)(26). Reports from the SARS-CoV epidemic showed tertiary transmission to >100 people, and 20% of health care workers become infected from the index patient (24,27).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The respiratory tract can be colonized with pathogenic organisms that can then be aerosolized in the breath of an infected individual (Couch, Knight, Gerone, Cate, Douglas, 1969;Knight, 1973). The spread of respiratory diseases including SARS (Yu et al, 2004) and H1N1 avian influenza (Baker et al, 2010) have been attributed to oral airborne transmission. In fact, influenza virus particles were detected in the exhaled breath of infected individuals through coughing, breathing and talking (Fabian et al, 2008;Stelzer-Braid et al, 2009;Huynh, Oliver, Stelzer, Rawlinson & Tovey, 2008;Lindsley et al, 2010).…”
Section: Spread Of Bacteriamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But there is still a lot of uncertainty for many pathogens, which hampers the ability of publichealth officials to control the spread of disease during outbreaks and to prepare for future ones. SARS, for example, is thought to spread mainly through close contact, yet the 2003 outbreak showed at least some evidence of airborne transmission 1 . And some researchers think that Ebola viruses might travel through air to some degree 2 .…”
Section: Violent Eventsmentioning
confidence: 99%