S. African horn Vuvuzela can spread diseases: Study |
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London, May 24 ANI: Experts have revealed that the 'Vuvuzelas' or the horns used by football fans to celebrate last year's World Cup can spread diseases. A Public Science of Library One study has shown that a short burst on the instrument creates a spittle shower similar to a sneeze, travelling at a four million droplets a second. A person blowing a Vuvuzela at a crowded venue may affect others with airborne disease like tuberculosis or flu. Dr Ruth McNerney, who carried out the study at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, called for a 'Vuvuzela blowing etiquette'. Her team found the instrument expels 658,000 lung particles, or aerosols, per litre of air on an average. The droplets shot into the air at the rate of four million per second. She warned that a spectator could inhale a large number of respiratory aerosols while surrounded by Vuvuzela players at a sporting event. Just as with coughs or sneezes, action should be taken to prevent disease transmission, and people with infections must be advised against blowing their Vuvuzelas close to other people," The BBC quoted her, as saying. ANI Posted by aniin on Thursday May 26 reply Comments |
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