This study examines the gender dimension of occupational exposure to contagious diseases spread by respiratory or close-contact route. It shows that in Europe, women are more exposed contagi...

Animal coronaviruses, such as infectious bronchitis virus (IBV), and arteriviruses, such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), are able to manifest highly contagious infections in their specific native hosts, thereby arising in critical economic damage to animal industries. This review discusses recent progress in studies of virus-host interactions during animal and hu...

existence of atmospheric contamination and aerial currents and waves. The main object of Dr. Sisley's book is to " demonstrate the contagious nature of influenza, and urge the propriety of its being included among the diseases of which notification is compulsory." In support of his opinion that influenza is contagious, and that it is chiefly, if not entirely, spread by contagion he advances evi...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com J Hum Virol Retrovirol (2015), 2(5): 00058 Abbreviations: EVD: Ebola Virus Disease; AE: Aeromedical Evacuation; HIDs: Highly Contagious Infectious Diseases; AIT: Aeromedical Isolation Team; ATI: Air Transport Isolators; MERS: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; AFB: Air Force Base; NGO: Non Governmental Organization; USAMRIID: USA Army Medical Researc...

The Hierarchical Graph-Coupled Hidden Markov Model (hGCHMM) is a useful tool for tracking and predicting the spread of contagious diseases, such as influenza, by leveraging social contact data collected from individual wearable devices. However, the existing inference algorithms depend on the assumption that the infection rates are small in probability, typically close to 0. The purpose of this...