PMID: Transbound Emerg Dis. 2017 Aug ;64(4):1254-1261. Epub 2016 Apr 5. PMID: 27059695 Abstract Title: Inactivation of Avian Influenza Viruses on Porous and Non-porous Surfaces is Enhanced by Elevating Absolute Humidity. Abstract: This study was to evaluate the effect of absolute humidity (AH), a combined factor of temperature and relative humidity (RH), on inactivation of …
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Predictors of indoor absolute humidity and estimated effects on influenza virus survival in grade schools.
PMID: BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Feb 5 ;13:71. Epub 2013 Feb 5. PMID: 23383620 Abstract Title: Predictors of indoor absolute humidity and estimated effects on influenza virus survival in grade schools. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Low absolute humidity (AH) has been associated with increased influenza virus survival and transmissibility and the onset of seasonal influenza outbreaks. Humidification …
This demonstrates the potential benefit of residential humidifiers in reducing the survival of aerosolized influenza virus by controlling humidity indoors.
PMID: Environ Health. 2010 Sep 3 ;9:55. Epub 2010 Sep 3. PMID: 20815876 Abstract Title: Modeling the airborne survival of influenza virus in a residential setting: the impacts of home humidification. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Laboratory research studies indicate that aerosolized influenza viruses survive for longer periods at low relative humidity (RH) conditions. Further analysis has shown …
Maintaining a high indoor relative humidity and ventilation rate may help reduce chances of influenza A virus infection.
PMID: PLoS One. 2011 ;6(6):e21481. Epub 2011 Jun 24. PMID: 21731764 Abstract Title: Dynamics of airborne influenza A viruses indoors and dependence on humidity. Abstract: There is mounting evidence that the aerosol transmission route plays a significant role in the spread of influenza in temperate regions and that the efficiency of this route depends on …
High humidity leads to loss of infectious influenza virus from simulated coughs.
PMID: PLoS One. 2013 ;8(2):e57485. Epub 2013 Feb 27. PMID: 23460865 Abstract Title: High humidity leads to loss of infectious influenza virus from simulated coughs. Abstract: BACKGROUND: The role of relative humidity in the aerosol transmission of influenza was examined in a simulated examination room containing coughing and breathing manikins.METHODS: Nebulized influenza was coughed into …
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Simulated sunlight could help lower the survival of influenza virus in aerosols.
PMID: J Infect Dis. 2020 Jan 14 ;221(3):372-378. PMID: 31778532 Abstract Title: The Influence of Simulated Sunlight on the Inactivation of Influenza Virus in Aerosols. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Environmental parameters, including sunlight levels, are known to affect the survival of many microorganisms in aerosols. However, the impact of sunlight on the survival of influenza virus in …
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In the 1918 influenza pandemic a combination of fresh air, sunlight and scrupulous standards of hygiene appears to have substantially reduced deaths and infections among patients and medical staff.
PMID: Am J Public Health. 2009 Oct ;99 Suppl 2:S236-42. Epub 2009 May 21. PMID: 19461112 Abstract Title: The open-air treatment of pandemic influenza. Abstract: The H1N1"Spanish flu"outbreak of 1918-1919 was the most devastating pandemic on record, killing between 50 million and 100 million people. Should the next influenza pandemic prove equally virulent, there could …
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Nanoparticles mediating the sustained puerarin release facilitate improved brain delivery to treat parkinson’s disease.
PMID: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Dec 4 ;11(48):45276-45289. Epub 2019 Oct 29. PMID: 31638771 Abstract Title: Nanoparticles Mediating the Sustained Puerarin Release Facilitate Improved Brain Delivery to Treat Parkinson's Disease. Abstract: Recent work has highlighted the potential of puerarin (PU) as a valuable compound to treat Parkinson's disease (PD), but its undesirable water solubility …
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