How contagious are common respiratory tract infections?

N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 27;348(13):1256-66. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra021771.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / pathogenicity
  • Bacterial Infections / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / pathogenicity
  • Neisseria meningitidis / pathogenicity
  • Orthomyxoviridae / pathogenicity
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / pathogenicity
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / transmission*
  • Rhinovirus / pathogenicity
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / pathogenicity
  • Streptococcus pyogenes / pathogenicity
  • Virulence
  • Virus Diseases / transmission*