| Value |
200
Particles
|
| Organism |
Bacteria Streptococcus group C |
| Reference |
Nicas M, Nazaroff WW, Hubbard A. Toward understanding the risk of secondary airborne infection: emission of respirable pathogens. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2005 Mar2(3):143-54. p.144 left column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID15764538
|
| Primary Source |
Sonkin, L.S.: The role of particle size in experimental airborne infection. Am. J. Hyg. 53: 337–354 (1951).PubMed ID14829446
|
| Comments |
"... the case of Streptococcus
Group C bacteria, which show[s] an inhalation LD50 in mice of
200 when carried on particles with da = 2 µm, compared with
an inhalation LD50 of 20×10^6 when carried on particles with
da = 12µm (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108800 |