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Germs can travel way farther than you might think.
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William Firth Well’s sneeze powder experiments:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=273913
Bourouiba, L., Dehandschoewercker, E., Bush, J.W.M (2014). Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 745, 537-563. doi:10.1017/jfm.2014.88
https://lbourouiba.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/14BourouibaBush-sneezecloudJFM_corrected.pdf
For additional information about the study of respiratory disease transmission via sneezes and its fluid dynamics please visit the MIT Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory of Prof. Lydia Bourouiba
http://lbourouiba.mit.edu/
Vomiting Larry - A demonstration and explanation from his creator:
youtube.com/watch?v=sLDSNvQjXe8
Makison Booth, C. (2014). Vomiting Larry: a simulated vomiting system for assessing environmental contamination from projectile vomiting related to norovirus infection. Journal of Infection Prevention, 15(5), 176–180. http://doi.org/10.1177/1757177414545390:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230971
To learn more about Vomiting Larry—and lots of other cool projects—visit the UK’s Health and Safety Laboratory site:
http://www.hsl.gov.uk
Tung-Thompson, G., Libera, D.A., Koch, K.L., de los Reyes, F.L. III, Jaykus, L-A. (2015) Aerosolization of a Human Norovirus Surrogate, Bacteriophage MS2, during Simulated Vomiting. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134277. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134277:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134277
The Vomiting Machine
youtube.com/watch?v=jGvqb87DXSI
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Host, Producer, Editor, Animator, Additional Research
Anna Rothschild
Researcher, Writer
Elizabeth Preston
DP, Sound, Additional Research
Ceri Riley
Ragtime Piano
Music Provided by APM
©WGBH Educational Foundation 2015
IMAGES AND FOOTAGE
Fred Ott Sneeze (Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze)
William K.L. Dickson
Coughs and Sneezes
Public Information Films, National Health Service UK
High Speed Footage of Sneezing
Courtesy Prof. Lydia Bourouiba
http://bit.ly/1QeeVCl
Welcome Back To School
Pond5/spidey888777
Fan Turbine Behind A Dark Surface
Pond5/maddrat
Vomiting Larry - A demonstration and explanation for his creator
Courtesy Health and Safety Laboratory and Dr. Catherine Makison-Booth
http://bit.ly/1HhAEXc
Norovirus EM PHIL 2172 lores
Wikimedia Commons/CDC
Vomiting Machine Face
Grace Tung-Thompson
Fig 2. Photo of a Simulated Vomiting Episode.
Tung-Thompson et al. 2015
Vomiting Machine Whole Thing
Grace Tung-Thompson
Norovirus 4
Wikimedia Commons/Graham Beards
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
Germs can travel way farther than you might think.
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com
↓Want more info?↓
William Firth Well’s sneeze powder experiments:
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=273913
Bourouiba, L., Dehandschoewercker, E., Bush, J.W.M (2014). Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 745, 537-563. doi:10.1017/jfm.2014.88
https://lbourouiba.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/14BourouibaBush-sneezecloudJFM_corrected.pdf
For additional information about the study of respiratory disease transmission via sneezes and its fluid dynamics please visit the MIT Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory of Prof. Lydia Bourouiba
http://lbourouiba.mit.edu/
Vomiting Larry - A demonstration and explanation from his creator:
youtube.com/watch?v=sLDSNvQjXe8
Makison Booth, C. (2014). Vomiting Larry: a simulated vomiting system for assessing environmental contamination from projectile vomiting related to norovirus infection. Journal of Infection Prevention, 15(5), 176–180. http://doi.org/10.1177/1757177414545390:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230971
To learn more about Vomiting Larry—and lots of other cool projects—visit the UK’s Health and Safety Laboratory site:
http://www.hsl.gov.uk
Tung-Thompson, G., Libera, D.A., Koch, K.L., de los Reyes, F.L. III, Jaykus, L-A. (2015) Aerosolization of a Human Norovirus Surrogate, Bacteriophage MS2, during Simulated Vomiting. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0134277. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0134277:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0134277
The Vomiting Machine
youtube.com/watch?v=jGvqb87DXSI
--
Host, Producer, Editor, Animator, Additional Research
Anna Rothschild
Researcher, Writer
Elizabeth Preston
DP, Sound, Additional Research
Ceri Riley
Ragtime Piano
Music Provided by APM
©WGBH Educational Foundation 2015
IMAGES AND FOOTAGE
Fred Ott Sneeze (Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze)
William K.L. Dickson
Coughs and Sneezes
Public Information Films, National Health Service UK
High Speed Footage of Sneezing
Courtesy Prof. Lydia Bourouiba
http://bit.ly/1QeeVCl
Welcome Back To School
Pond5/spidey888777
Fan Turbine Behind A Dark Surface
Pond5/maddrat
Vomiting Larry - A demonstration and explanation for his creator
Courtesy Health and Safety Laboratory and Dr. Catherine Makison-Booth
http://bit.ly/1HhAEXc
Norovirus EM PHIL 2172 lores
Wikimedia Commons/CDC
Vomiting Machine Face
Grace Tung-Thompson
Fig 2. Photo of a Simulated Vomiting Episode.
Tung-Thompson et al. 2015
Vomiting Machine Whole Thing
Grace Tung-Thompson
Norovirus 4
Wikimedia Commons/Graham Beards
SFX
Cockroaches
Freesound/StateAardvark
(used with permission from author)
Squeak Pack/squeak_10
Freesound/Corsica_S
Produced by WGBH for PBS Digital Studios
