On the mechanics of inhaled bronchial transmission of pathogenic microdroplets generated from the upper respiratory tract, with implications for downwind infection onset

Saikat Basu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0335962

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On the mechanics of inhaled bronchial transmission of pathogenic microdroplets generated from the upper respiratory tract, with implications for downwind infection onset

Saikat Basu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Saikat.Basu@sdstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-8425

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On the mechanics of inhaled bronchial transmission of pathogenic microdroplets generated from the upper respiratory tract, with implications for downwind infection onset

Saikat Basu

Published: November 7, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335962

About the Authors

Saikat Basu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Saikat.Basu@sdstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-8425

Competing Interests

The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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