Sentences with phrase «by airborne droplets»

Influenza viruses rapidly spread by airborne droplets during sneezing, coughing and even talking.

It is transmitted by airborne droplets or via direct contact with secretions from the nose, mouth, and throat of infected individuals.

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Viruses are spread through airborne droplets and by touching contaminated objects, such as doorknobs and toys.

In foggy weather, most of the light that reaches the camera's sensor will have been reflected by airborne water droplets, not by the types of objects that autonomous vehicles need to avoid.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A / H5N1 virus can cause morbidity and mortality in humans but thus far has not acquired the ability to be transmitted by aerosol or respiratory droplet («airborne transmission») between humans.

A team of scientists led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory atmospheric researcher Dr. Susannah Burrows and collaborator Daniel McCoy, who studies clouds and climate at the University of Washington, reveal how tiny natural particles given off by marine organisms — airborne droplets and solid particles called aerosols — nearly double cloud droplet numbers in the summer, which boosts the amount of sunlight reflected back to space.

When the cat sneezes (or coughs), droplets become airborne and are then inhaled by healthy cats thereby spreading the virus and causing disease.

The virus is spread through secretions in saliva, respiratory passages, urine, and feces and by inhalation of airborne droplets from sneezes and coughs.