Sentences with phrase «in airborne transmission»

The zoonotic pathogens of most concern to any facility — whether an animal shelter, veterinary hospital, boarding facility or chicken farm — are scrutinized to determine their kill rates and the subsequent reduction in airborne transmission that are possible when a disinfection system is installed in an existing animal facility.

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More seriously, an Australian team reviewing the literature on open - plan offices — while confirming the British program's findings about productivity — found more «shocking» effects on health and well - being, such as higher airborne disease transmission in workplaces without walls.

Years ago, when Mass Design was in the early stages of planning and designing Butaro Hospital in the Burera District of Rwanda, it faced a serious design challenge: To reduce the transmission of airborne diseases like TB.

Short - distance airborne transmission of influenza viruses may occur, particularly in crowded enclosed spaces.

«The emergence of A H7N9 influenza in March 2013 posed a public health threat both locally and internationally because of the risk for airborne transmission,» said K.Y. Yuen, MD, FRCPath, a lead author of the study.

So work in 2011 by Ron Fouchier at Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, showing airborne transmission caused a sensation.

In 2012, Kawaoka published a controversial paper reporting airborne transmission of engineered H5N1 flu between ferrets.

Avian flu can acquire the capacity for airborne transmission between mammals without recombination in an intermediate host.

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.

Thus, avian A / H5N1 influenza viruses can acquire the capacity for airborne transmission between mammals without recombination in an intermediate host and therefore constitute a risk for human pandemic influenza.

Its poor airborne transmission may be because DPP4 exists on cells in the lungs, where the virus can't be readily coughed or sneezed out.

Cat flu is caused by airborne viruses and has to be treated to avoid secondary infections or transmissions that might take place in the nose, eyes, mouth and lungs.

Through partnerships with Partners in Health, the Clinton Foundation and the Government of Rwanda, Murphy helped lead the design on Butaro Hospital in Rwanda, assisting with breakthrough architectural solutions to mitigate and reduce the transmission of airborne diseases like Tuberculosis.