Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been reported in more than 200
countries. Thousands of health workers have been infected, and outbreaks have occurred in …

nCoV epidemic was firstly reported at late December of 2019 and has caused a global
outbreak of COVID-19 now. Saliva, a biofluid largely generated from salivary glands in oral …

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 …

Background Since the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, scientific
exploration of infection control is no longer restricted to microbiologists or medical scientists …

The emergence of respiratory diseases, ie, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
epidemic in 2003, H1N1 influenza epidemic in 2011 and Middle East respiratory syndrome …

Coughing has been confirmed as a significant vector for transmitting respiratory diseases. It
can be modelled physically as a turbulent jet to study the dispersion of expiratory droplets …

In this new guideline, natural ventilation is considered for the first time among the effective
measures to control infections in health care. Such a recommendation from WHO …

There have been few recent studies demonstrating a definitive association between the
transmission of airborne infections and the ventilation of buildings. The severe acute …

The epidemics of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 highlighted both short-
and long-range transmission routes, ie between infected patients and healthcare workers …

Ventilation systems are the primary way of eliminating airborne pathogenic particles in an
operating room (OR). However, such systems can be complex due to factors such as …