[60 sec Science] More water, less flu virus

Scientists from Oregon State University found that absolute humidity modulates influenza survival, transmission and seasonality. Simply put, the higher absolute humidity, the less influenza virus in the air. Their work has been published in the Feb 9 issue of PNAS.

美国俄勒冈州立大学研究人员发现空气绝对湿度对流感病毒的存活、传播以及季节性爆发有一定的关系。他们对过去研究资料的分析后发现，空气绝对湿度低的时候，流感病毒在空气中的存活时间长，反之则短。他们的研究工作发表在二月九号的美国科学院院刊上。

科学论文见：
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/02/09/0806852106.abstract