Quantification of airborne respiratory microflora provides insights into airborne infection risk
Airborne respiratory microflora can be used as a marker for airborne infection risk. Using the value in conjunction with pathogen sampling provides in-depth insights into the relative infection risk of a space, and a clear marker which can be used to compare between different pathogen sampling studies.
Authors
- Donald K. Milton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-7834)
- Charitha de Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9517-4318)
- Robert Groth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0317-1051)
- Ville Silvonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9413-359X)
- K.M. Ahsanul Kabir
- Henry P. Oswin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4183-8593)
- Damian Honeyman
- Stuart Turville
- Ian Seppelt
- Adriana Notaras
- Raymond Tellier
- Marck Nicholls
- Con Doolan
- C Raina MacIntyre
- M.A.Mahmoud Mohammed
- Anupriya Aggarwal
- Lidia Morawska
- Rowena Bull
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Tampere University (FI)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- McGill University (CA)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2026-01-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2026.108403
- Primary Topic
- Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Queensland University of Technology
- Business Finland
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council