MGY440H1 Lecture Notes - Journal Of Virology, Cytokine Storm, Flu Season
3 Jun 2013
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Not transmitted when it is super humid. Really hot and low humidity -> no transmission. Humidity is opposite to what we expect. Cold and dry seems to be the best conditions of transmission (outside winter) Room temp (like inside) + dry => reallly well (inside winter) 50% humidity = transmission is terrible; increasing humidity some more is better (more stable? but really humid you get nada (falling with the airborne droplets?: like the summer of na, cold and dry seasons are flu season. Not travelling through humid air because the condensation is pulling down the virions with gravity. What about the expected half-life enveloped don"t last as long: li et al. Expression of 12-13 hundred genes has been altered. Difference in the effect of h5n1 relative to normal influenza virus. Immunogentic factors associated with severe respiratory illness caused by zoonotic h1n1 and h5n1 influenza viruses.
