The slogan “Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases” was coined in the United States during
the last great flu pandemic between 1918 and 1920 to highlight the role of coughs and …

Objectives To determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, to provide
evidence on the rational use of masks, and to discuss additional measures important for the …

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has raised
many questions about the management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary …

Healthcare workers are at risk of infection during the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus‐2 pandemic. International guidance suggests direct droplet transmission is …

Although short-range large-droplet transmission is possible for most respiratory infectious
agents, deciding on whether the same agent is also airborne has a potentially huge impact …

(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has brought renewed urgency to the question of what constitutes
an aerosolgenerating procedure. Public health agencies have long noted that certain …

Studies that use transmission events as outcome to demonstrate human-to-human
transmission over the aerosol route or quantitative measurement of infectious respiratory …

The novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) 1 has recently created a worldwide
pandemic. With a death rate that is climbing rapidly, the disease has been declared a global …

On March 16, 2020, 198,000 dentists in the United States closed their doors to patients,
fueled by concerns that aerosols generated during dental procedures are potential vehicles …

Background Identifying the extent of environmental contamination of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is essential for infection control and …