Bioaerosols

摘要

Throughout written history, the most devastating pandemic illnesses (i.e., pneumonic plague, small pox, inhalation anthrax, tuberculosis, influenza and even chicken pox) were largely spread through the airborne route. These diseases were responsible for more deaths than any wars or other natural disasters. The ever-increasing urbanization and movement of people around the globe have made each pandemic ever more devastating. Efforts to ultimately control them were most instrumental in sparking the greatest advancements in the biological sciences, medicine, public health, engineering and even architecture.