title: How contagious are common respiratory tract infections?
authors.affiliation: Medical Service, Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Musher
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D012229:Rhinovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000635:transmission*