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ArticlemSphere2026

Airflow constraints govern natural airborne transmission of tuberculosis.

Kubra F Naqvi, Yuhui Guo, Yash Kulkarni, Deepak Sapkota, Pei Lu, Shibo Wang, Beatriz R S Dias, Victoria A Ektnitphong, Arabella E Martin, Bret M Evers and 4 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Kubra F NaqviDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Yuhui Guo *Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.
Yash Kulkarni *The Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, Fluids and Health Network, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Deepak SapkotaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.
Pei LuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Shibo WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.
Beatriz R S DiasDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Victoria A EktnitphongDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Arabella E MartinDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Bret M EversDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Lenette L LuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Hui OuyangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4276-328X
Lydia BourouibaThe Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, Fluids and Health Network, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6025-457X
Michael U ShilohDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4329-2253

Funding

Transmission Aerobiology of M. tuberculosis: Genes and Metabolic Pathways That Sustain Mtb Across an Evolutionary BottleneckP01AI159402 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI NATHAN, CARL FRANCIS, RHEE, KYU Y · 2021 to 2025
$15.8M
MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY TRAINING GRANTT32AI007520 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Julie K Pfeiffer · 1997 to 2026
$7.0M
Mechanisms of cough in Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmissionR01AI158688 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHILOH, MICHAEL · 2021 to 2025
$3.6M
Defining the antibody interface between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and host immunityR01AI158858 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LU, LENETTE · 2021 to 2025
$2.1M
Chemical composition-viability relationship of bioaerosols through spatial distribution and size-controlled measurementsR21AI188518 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI OUYANG, HUI · 2025 to 2025
$429k
Transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosisR21AI137545 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI SHILOH, MICHAEL · 2018 to 2019
$408k
Probing the particle size-viability relationship in bioaerosols through size-controlled measurementsR21AI181258 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS · PI OUYANG, HUI · 2024 to 2025
$390k
Analog DevicesBurroughs Wellcome Fund 1017894MathWorksNASA-TRISHNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases P01 AI159402National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R01 AI158858National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21 AI137545, R01 AI158688, P01 AI159402National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases R21 AI181258, R21 AI188518National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases T32 AI007520National Science Foundation DBI 2412115, DBI 2622265NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI159402NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158688NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158858NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137545NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI181258NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI188518NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007520US NSF Center for Analysis and Prediction of Pandemic Expansion APPEX
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) spreads through the air, yet the physical conditions that permit effective airborne transmission remain poorly defined. Although early 20th-century guinea pig studies demonstrated efficient transmission of IMPORTANCE: Tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide, and its spread depends on airborne transmission of

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Air MicrobiologyTuberculosisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGuinea PigsMycobacterium tuberculosisairborne transmissionMycobacterium tuberculosistuberculosis transmission

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PMID42610704
PMCPMC13621838

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