Fluid Dynamics of Respiratory Infectious Diseases
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Bourouiba, Lydia
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The host-to-host transmission of respiratory infectious diseases is fundamentally enabled by the interaction of pathogens with a variety of fluids (gas or liquid) that shape pathogen encapsulation and emission, transport and persistence in the environment, and new host invasion and infection. Deciphering the mechanisms and fluid properties that govern and promote these steps of pathogen transmission will enable better risk assessment and infection control strategies, and may reveal previously underappreciated ways in which the pathogens might actually adapt to or manipulate the physical and chemical characteristics of these carrier fluids to benefit their own transmission. In this article, I review our current understanding of the mechanisms shaping the fluid dynamics of respiratory infectious diseases.
Date issued
2021-07Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission LaboratoryJournal
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering
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Annual Reviews
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Bourouiba, Lydia et al. "Fluid Dynamics of Respiratory Infectious Diseases." Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 23, 1 (July 2021): 547-577. © 2021 Annual Reviews
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1523-9829
1545-4274