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Common infections that spread by airborne transmission include SARS-CoV-2; [14] measles morbillivirus, [15] chickenpox virus; [16] Mycobacterium tuberculosis, influenza virus, enterovirus, norovirus and less commonly other species of coronavirus, adenovirus, and possibly respiratory syncytial virus. [17]
Bats with SARS-like infections in the wild showed no viral replication in respiratory droplets. [60] A fecal-oral transmission is an alternative route for some respiratory viruses. [ 58 ] No higher incidence of Sarbecoviruses has been reported in workers who come into direct contact with guano. [ 13 ]
Dozens of captive animal species have been found infected or proven able to be experimentally infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The virus has also been found in over a dozen wild animal species. Most animal species that can get the virus have not been proven to be able to spread it back to humans.
Coronavirus diseases are caused by viruses in the coronavirus subfamily, a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, the group of viruses cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal.
The new "FLiRT" COVID-19 variants, including KP.3 and KP.2, are spreading in the United States. Will there be a summer surge? Experts discuss transmission, symptoms, and vaccines.
The 2023-24 respiratory virus season offered the first relief from historic peaks in severe COVID-19 infections earlier in the pandemic, as vaccination and immunity from prior infections fortified ...
The transmission of COVID-19 is the passing of coronavirus disease 2019 from person to person. COVID-19 is mainly transmitted when people breathe in air contaminated by droplets/aerosols and small airborne particles containing the virus. Infected people exhale those particles as they breathe, talk, cough, sneeze, or sing.
RFK Jr. has expressed fringe beliefs about the COVID-19 pandemic, ... of living in larger households where infections can spread quickly, more limited access to health care and vaccines, and ...