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Table 5 Mean (Standard deviation) percent risk of infection during three exposure scenarios

From: Control of asthma triggers in indoor air with air cleaners: a modeling analysis

Scenario

1

2

3

 

Ventilation

/Filtration

Risk of influenza infection for a one hour exposure in the bedroom with individual infected with influenza

Risk of influenza infection from 12 hour exposure in adjacent bedroom

Risk of infection during 5 day infectious period while infected individual in bedroom for 1/2 the day and the family room for the 1/2 the daya

 
   

Influenza

Rhinovirus

N

36 (7.9)

0.6 (1.3)

17.1 (2.4)

1.4 (0.2)

C

18 (3.4)

16.1 (1.7)

70.0 (1.6)

8.6 (0.4)

C5

17 (3.4)

6.7 (1.0)

36.6 (1.8)

3.4 (0.2)

C+1P

7 (0.8)

5.9 (0.7)

51.9 (1.7)

5.3 (0.2)

C+2P

7 (0.8)

5.4 (0.6)

33.7 (2.2)

3.0 (0.2)

HE

13 (1.5)

0.6 (0.1)

3.9 (0.2)

0.3 (0.01)

  1. a Assumes that that occupant is in the home 68.7% of the time based on Klepeis et al. [48]