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Droplet transmission

MedGen UID:
925406
Concept ID:
C4287874
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Droplet Pathogen Transmission; Droplet Transmission
SNOMED CT: Droplet transmission (461551000124100)

Definition

The direct transmission of an infectious agent to a host by a spray of a relatively large (greater than five microns), short range respiratory aerosol. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDroplet transmission

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Li X, Yan M, Chen J, Luo Y
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J Virol 2014 Dec;88(23):13897-909. Epub 2014 Sep 10 doi: 10.1128/JVI.01887-14. PMID: 25210193Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Shah SH, Garg AK, Patel S, Yim W, Jokerst JV, Chao DL
Am J Ophthalmol 2021 Feb;222:76-81. Epub 2020 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.08.046. PMID: 32980331Free PMC Article
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Indoor Air 2021 Mar;31(2):314-323. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1111/ina.12751. PMID: 32979298Free PMC Article
Ezeh EI, Nkanga ED, Chinawa EN, Ezeh RN
Niger Postgrad Med J 2020 Oct-Dec;27(4):268-270. doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_223_20. PMID: 33154277
Minooee A, Wang J, Gupta GK
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J Hosp Infect 2013 Nov;85(3):170-82. Epub 2013 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.06.020. PMID: 24051190Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

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Fan Y, Liu L, Zhang H, Deng Y, Wang Y, Duan M, Wang H, Wang L, Han L, Liu Y
Front Public Health 2021;9:725648. Epub 2021 Sep 20 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.725648. PMID: 34616707Free PMC Article
Perisetti A, Gajendran M, Boregowda U, Bansal P, Goyal H
Dig Endosc 2020 Jul;32(5):715-722. Epub 2020 Jun 3 doi: 10.1111/den.13693. PMID: 32281689Free PMC Article
Tsou IY, Goh JS, Kaw GJ, Chee TS
Radiology 2003 Oct;229(1):21-6. Epub 2003 Jul 9 doi: 10.1148/radiol.2291030789. PMID: 12853656

Therapy

Wang D, You Y, Zhou X, Zong Z, Huang H, Zhang H, Yong X, Cheng Y, Yang L, Guo Q, Long Y, Liu Y, Huang J, Du L
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Wilson NM, Norton A, Young FP, Collins DW
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Lu J, Gu J, Li K, Xu C, Su W, Lai Z, Zhou D, Yu C, Xu B, Yang Z
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Shiu EYC, Leung NHL, Cowling BJ
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Prognosis

Sarmiento Clemente A, Kaplan SL, Barson WJ, Lin PL, Romero JR, Bradley JS, Tan TQ, Pannaraj PS, Givner LB, Hultén KG
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2022 Sep 29;11(9):426-428. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piac056. PMID: 35731619Free PMC Article
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Biochem Soc Trans 2020 Oct 30;48(5):2307-2316. doi: 10.1042/BST20200693. PMID: 33084885
Luo Z, Li S, Li N, Li Y, Zhang Y, Cao Z, Ma Y
JAMA Netw Open 2020 Aug 3;3(8):e2019224. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19224. PMID: 32833016Free PMC Article
Thornburg NJ, Nannemann DP, Blum DL, Belser JA, Tumpey TM, Deshpande S, Fritz GA, Sapparapu G, Krause JC, Lee JH, Ward AB, Lee DE, Li S, Winarski KL, Spiller BW, Meiler J, Crowe JE Jr
J Clin Invest 2013 Oct;123(10):4405-9. Epub 2013 Sep 3 doi: 10.1172/JCI69377. PMID: 23999429Free PMC Article
Imai M, Watanabe T, Hatta M, Das SC, Ozawa M, Shinya K, Zhong G, Hanson A, Katsura H, Watanabe S, Li C, Kawakami E, Yamada S, Kiso M, Suzuki Y, Maher EA, Neumann G, Kawaoka Y
Nature 2012 May 2;486(7403):420-8. doi: 10.1038/nature10831. PMID: 22722205Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Pulit-Penaloza JA, Brock N, Jones J, Belser JA, Jang Y, Sun X, Thor S, Pappas C, Zanders N, Tumpey TM, Davis CT, Maines TR
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Recent systematic reviews

Locke L, Dada O, Shedd JS
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Ramaraj P, Super J, Doyle R, Aylwin C, Hettiaratchy S
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