The following links direct you to articles from scientific, technical and medical journals that describe how people spread and ingest viruses and bacteria; how buildings can circulate bacteria and viruses; and solutions to these health issues.
Airborne Infectious Diseases and People
J.P Duguid The size and duration of air carriage of Respiratory Droplets and Droplet nuclei 1946 Journal of Hygiene (London) v44 p471
NIH Scientists Jonathan Dushoff, Cecile Viboud, et al. Mortality due to Influenza in the United States 2006 American Journal of Epidemiology v163 p181
Cox, N Global Epidemiology of Influenza: Past and Present 2000 Annu. Rev. Med. v51 p407
Li, Yuguo et. al Evidence of Airborne Transmission of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Virus 2003 New England Journal of Medicine
NIH Scientists Jonathan Dushoff, Cecile Viboud, et al. Mortality due to Influenza in the United States 2006 American Journal of Epidemiology v163 p181
Dr. John J. Treanor, Chapter 162, Influenza Virus
Linsey Marr et al, Dynamics of Airborne Influenza A Viruses Indoors and Dependence on Humidity, PLoS One, Vol. 6, Issue 6, June 2011
Linsey Marr et al, Relationship between Humidity and Influenza A Viability in Droplets and Implications for Influenza’s Seasonality, PLoS One, Vol. 7, Issue 10, Oct. 2012
Jacqueline M. Katz et al, Influenza A virus transmission: contributing factors and clinical implications, Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine, Vol. 12, Dec. 2010
Buildings Articles
Kowalski, Wladyslaw Modeling Immune Building Systems for Bioterrorism Defense Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2003 Vol. 9, page 86
Bloch, Alan Measles Outbreak in a Pediatric Practice. Pediatrics 1987 v77 p1222 (abstract only)
A Measles Outbreak at University Medical Settings Involving Health Care Providers Sienko, DG American Journal of Public Health 1987 v77 p1222
Toilet Aerosolization Articles
David L. Johnson, PhD, PE, CIH, Toilet Plume Aerosol Occupational Hazards to Healthcare Facility Workers: A Review of the Literature with Suggestions for Future Research, August 30, 2011
Charles Gerba Microbial Hazards of Household toilets: Droplet Production and the Fate of Residual Organisms. Applied Microbiology 1975 v2 p229
C. Wallis Method of detecting Viruses in Aerosols. Appl Environ Microbiol. . v50 p1181
Airborne Flu Articles
McDevitt, James et al. Inactivation of Poxviruses by Upper-Room UVC Light in a Simulated Hospital Room Environment 2008 PloS ONE v3 e-page 3186.
McDevitt, James et al. Aerosol Susceptibility of Influenza Virus to UV-C Light Applied Environmental Microbiology 2012 v78 no.p1666
Neuzil, Kathleen Illness Among Schoolchildren During Influenza Season: Effect on School Absenteeism, Parental Absenteeism From Work, and Secondary Illness in Families Archives Pediatric Adolescence Medicine 2002 v156 p986
Solutions Articles
Kowalski, Wladyslaw Modeling Immune Building Systems for Bioterrorism Defense Journal of Architectural Engineering, 2003 Vol. 9, page 86
Jensen Marcus Inactivation of Airborne Viruses by Ultraviolet Irradiation Applied Microbiology 1964 v12 p418
Aerosol Susceptibility of Influenza Virus to UV-C Light McDevitt, James et al. Applied Environmental Microbiology 2012 v78 no.p1666
