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To determine if airborne microorganisms can be inactivated, and therefore, prevent infection transmission, studies during the 1940's-1970's used ultraviolet germicidal irradation (UVGI) to inactivated airborne microorganisms under experimental conditions [ 19 20 21 22 ] and reduced airborne infections in a number of settings, such as hospitals [ 23 ] , military housing [ 24 ] , and classrooms [ 25 ] . However, UVGI was not effective against the highly contagious measles virus when children had extensive contact in buses and crowded tenements [ 26 27 ] . Thus, it fell into disfavor and has not been extensively employed nor has it been studied using molecular methods of detecting its efficacy.
Their love for sport is contagious, elegant shops all too seductive, and the time-honored theatricality extends from grand opera and after-hours clubs to historical carnivals and colorful religious processions.
In one realm of life--finance--almost everyone now accepts that technology is tying the welfare of Americans more closely to the welfare of foreigners; in a globalized economy, an economic downturn abroad can be contagious.
But the sheer joy of the image is contagious.
Chilling descriptions of bioweapons abound: "Veepox," a cross between smallpox and a brain virus, and "Ebolapox," a cross between smallpox and Ebola--as fatal as Ebola and as contagious as smallpox.