Review Article
Preventing Airborne Disease Transmission: Review of Methods for Ventilation Design in Health Care Facilities
Table 5
Summary of the effect of temperature and relative humidity on airborne pathogen viability and infectivity.
| Pathogen type | Temperature | Relative humidity |
| Viruses | Decrease by higher temperature | Variable | Bacteria | Decrease by higher temperature | Variable | Fungi | Increase by higher temperature | Increase by higher relative humidity |
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