Abstract
Time to go! Time to go! An influenza virus, Hiding in saliva, buried in a cell, Antibodies and T-cells are coming. Get out! But how? Induce a sneeze? Kick-start a cough? Ah yes, here we go … Aahhh-choo! Freedom at last! Where are we? A quick look around A hospital? I see children, Very thin, sick children, Must be the cancer ward. No B cells or T cells—a virus paradise! Let’s travel, find a breeze and float. Where’s my next victim? My previous young doctor host Walking quickly away Head down, embarrassed Scolded by a nurse—where was his mask? Too busy and careless, poor fool He still serves me well, dragging me into his wake. Here I go, following and floating A door nearby opens—negative pressure! In I go, but on a cancer ward, This should be positive pressure! To keep bugs out, not draw them in. I cannot complain All good for me, for now I can see A young girl with leukemia Sitting in bed, watching TV Laughing, inhaling, bringing me close. But wait, what’s this? Her mother! Opening the toilet door, Even greater negative pressure in there. And worse, wet surfaces glistening inside, Cleaned by her mother with chlorhexidine. No! Not yet! Not now! I’m so close! Being pulled in. No escape. Falling, falling … The young girl is laughing. Now her mother is too.
Highlights
Time to go! Time to go! An influenza virus, Hiding in saliva, buried in a cell, Antibodies and T-cells are coming
I cannot complain All good for me, for I can see A young girl with leukemia Sitting in bed, watching TV Laughing, inhaling, bringing me close
His research interests include viral molecular epidemiology and investigations into the factors involved in the aerosol transmission of viral infections
Summary
Time to go! Time to go! An influenza virus, Hiding in saliva, buried in a cell, Antibodies and T-cells are coming. An influenza virus, Hiding in saliva, buried in a cell, Antibodies and T-cells are coming. I see children, Very thin, sick children, Must be the cancer ward.
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