Table 1.

Summary of quanta generation rates reported in existing literature.

Infectious disease	Reported values of quanta generation rates (q)	Reference(s)
Rhinovirus (common cold)	∼1–10 per hour	[23]
Tuberculosis	∼1–50 per hour	[17], [24], [25], [26]
SARS	∼10–300 per hour	[27], [28]
Influenza	∼15–500 per hour	[23], [24], [28], [29]
Measles	∼570–5600 per hour	[20]