Severity of respiratory tract infections depends on the infectious dose. Perspectives for the next pandemic

Front Public Health. 2024 Apr 30:12:1391719. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1391719. eCollection 2024.

Kåre Mølbak^{1

2}, Thorkild I A Sørensen³, Samir Bhatt³, Frederik Plesner Lyngse³, Lone Simonsen⁴, Peter Aaby^{5

6}

¹ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ PandemiX Center, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁶ Bandim Health Project, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.

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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; dose response; mathematical model; pandemic planning; respiratory infections.

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