In developing countries rotavirus infections account for nearly 6% of all diarrheal episodes
and for 20% of diarrhea-associated deaths of young children. Even in industrialized …

A large number of infectious diseases are transmitted by respiratory droplets. How long
these droplets persist in the air, how far they can travel, and how long the pathogens they …

Indoor air can be an important vehicle for a variety of human pathogens. This review
provides examples of airborne transmission of infectious agents from experimental and field …

Large amounts of airborne microorganisms are emitted from livestock production. These
emitted microorganisms may associate with dust, and are suspected to pose a risk of …

This study investigated whether respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in children was
associated with ambient temperature and air pollutants in Hangzhou, China. A distributed …

Viruses are submicroscopic, obligate intracellular parasites that are biologically active only
within their host. They range in size from about 20 to 300 nm and consist of a nucleic acid …

Attempts to explain the clear seasonality of rotavirus infections have been made by relating
disease incidence to climate factors; however, few studies have disentangled the effects of …

Environmental virology may be defined as the study of viruses that can be transmitted
through various environments (water, sewage, soil, air, or surfaces) or food and persist …

Viruses are responsible for a variety of diseases in humans as well as animals of economic
importance. Although consumption of virus‐contaminated water and food is known to result …

Enteric viruses are those human viruses that are primarily transmitted by the fecal-oral route,
either by person-to-person contact or by ingestion of contaminated food or water. The …