Table 3 Reported quantum generation rates for several infectious aerosols

Influenza

~15 to ~500

67 or 100

Rudnick and Milton [67]; Liao et al. [68]; Beggs et al. [69]; Sze To and Chao [70]

Rhinovirus

~1 to ~10

Rudnick and Milton [67]

Tuberculosis

~1 to ~50

~13

Nardell et al. [71]; Escombe et al. [72]; Beggs et al. [69]; Chen et al. [73]

SARS-CoV-1

~1 to ~300

Liao et al. [68]; Qian et al. [74]

Measles

~570 to ~5,600

5480

Riley et al. [75]; Riley et al. [76]