New WHO proposed terminology for respiratory pathogen transmission

Nat Rev Microbiol. 2024 Aug;22(8):453-454. doi: 10.1038/s41579-024-01067-5.

Authors

Nancy H L Leung¹, Donald K Milton²

Affiliations

¹ WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. nanleung@connect.hku.hk.
² Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD, USA.

PMID: 38961175
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-024-01067-5

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Respiratory Tract Infections* / microbiology
Respiratory Tract Infections* / transmission
Terminology as Topic*
World Health Organization*