id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-297625-eby014gm L'Huillier, A.G. Survival of rhinoviruses on human fingers 2014-12-11 .txt text/plain 2635 139 49 Our study confirms that rhinovirus infectiousness is related to the viral concentration in droplets and suggests that children represent the main transmission source, which occurs only rarely via adults. We conducted a series of experiments to assess the duration of human rhinovirus infectiousness duration on fingers, as well as the impact of viral concentration on survival rates. One hour after the deposit of disrupted droplets on the fingers of the six volunteers, infectious viruses could be detected by culture in all subjects contaminated with HC droplets (6/6), in four of the six volunteers with AC droplets, and none of the six volunteers with LC droplets, which confirmed the influence of concentration on survival (Fig. 1) . Our study showed that virus survival, and therefore infectiousness, was related to the viral concentration in droplets. Potential role of hands in the spread of respiratory viral infections: studies with human parainfluenza virus 3 and rhinovirus 14 ./cache/cord-297625-eby014gm.txt ./txt/cord-297625-eby014gm.txt