Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses

CC Wang, KA Prather, J Sznitman, JL Jimenez… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Exposure to droplets produced in the coughs and sneezes of infected
individuals or contact with droplet-contaminated surfaces (fomites) have been widely …

Airborne transmission of COVID‐19 virus in enclosed spaces: an overview of research methods

X Zhao, S Liu, Y Yin, T Zhang, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the outbreak of COVID‐19 in December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‐2) has spread worldwide. This study summarized the …

Practical indicators for risk of airborne transmission in shared indoor environments and their application to COVID-19 outbreaks

Z Peng, ALP Rojas, E Kropff, W Bahnfleth… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Some infectious diseases, including COVID-19, can undergo airborne transmission. This
may happen at close proximity, but as time indoors increases, infections can occur in shared …

Long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: rapid systematic review

D Duval, JC Palmer, I Tudge, N Pearce-Smith… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the potential for long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
in indoor community settings and to investigate factors that might influence transmission …

Effective ventilation and air disinfection system for reducing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection risk in office buildings

S Srivastava, X Zhao, A Manay, Q Chen - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increasing amount of evidence has suggested that the
virus can be transmitted through the air inside buildings. The ventilation system used to …

COVID-19: the case for aerosol transmission

R Tellier - Interface Focus, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe pandemic caused by a respiratory virus since
the 1918 influenza pandemic. As is the case with other respiratory viruses, three modes of …

Transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 when people coughing in an elevator

S Liu, Z Deng - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
People in cities use elevators daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more worries
about elevator safety, since elevators are often small and crowded. This study used a proven …

Insufficient ventilation led to a probable long-range airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on two buses

C Ou, S Hu, K Luo, H Yang, J Hang, P Cheng… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Uncertainty remains on the threshold of ventilation rate in airborne transmission of SARS-
CoV-2. We analyzed a COVID-19 outbreak in January 2020 in Hunan Province, China …

[HTML][HTML] A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19–modelling and mitigation approaches

S Rayegan, C Shu, J Berquist, J Jeon, LG Zhou… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past few years, significant efforts have been made to investigate the transmission of
COVID-19. This paper provides a review of the COVID-19 airborne transmission modeling …