Table 2.

Pathogens transmitted via droplet means	Pathogens transmitted via airborne means
Bordetella pertussis [39]	Mycobacterium tuberculosis [40–43]
Influenza viruses [44]	Rubeola virus [45]
Adenoviruses [46]	Varicella zoster Virus [47]
Rhinoviruses [48]	Variola viruses [25]
Mycoplasma pneumoniae [49]	Influenza viruses [47, 50]
SARS-associated coronavirus [51–53]	Rhinoviruses [48]
Streptococcus pyogenes [54]	Norovirus [55]
Neisseria meningitidis [56–58]	Rotavirus [59]
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) [25]	Aspergillus sp. [25]
S. aureus [25]