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Table 1 Characteristics of the airborne infections analysed in the study

From: Potential for airborne transmission of infection in the waiting areas of healthcare premises: stochastic analysis using a Monte Carlo model

Infectious agent

Mean quanta production rate (quanta/h)

Standard deviation (quanta/h)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

12.7 [8]

3.0

Influenza virus

100.0 [17]

25.0

Measles virus

570.0 [17]

143.0

Hypothetical

2000.0

500.0