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 …

Tools and techniques for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)/COVID-19 detection

SH Safiabadi Tali, JJ LeBlanc, Z Sadiq… - Clinical microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory disease coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has led to millions of confirmed cases and …

[HTML][HTML] Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2

T Greenhalgh, JL Jimenez, KA Prather, Z Tufekci… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
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Face masks effectively limit the probability of SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Y Cheng, N Ma, C Witt, S Rapp, PS Wild, MO Andreae… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Airborne transmission by droplets and aerosols is important for the spread of viruses. Face
masks are a well-established preventive measure, but their effectiveness for mitigating …

Impact of community masking on COVID-19: a cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh

J Abaluck, LH Kwong, A Styczynski, A Haque, MA Kabir… - Science, 2022 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mask usage remains low across many parts of the world during the COVID-
19 pandemic, and strategies to increase mask-wearing remain untested. Our objectives …

Effectiveness of mask wearing to control community spread of SARS-CoV-2

JT Brooks, JC Butler - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the efficacy of community
mask wearing to reduce the spread of respiratory infections was controversial because there …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of infections with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 2 variant, Hong Kong, January–March 2022

YM Mefsin, D Chen, HS Bond, Y Lin… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Our analysis of data collected from multiple epidemics in Hong Kong indicated a shorter
serial interval and generation time of infections with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The …

Onset and window of SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness and temporal correlation with symptom onset: a prospective, longitudinal, community cohort study

S Hakki, J Zhou, J Jonnerby… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Knowledge of the window of SARS-CoV-2 infectiousness is crucial in
develo** policies to curb transmission. Mathematical modelling based on scarce empirical …

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned

SJR da Silva, JCF do Nascimento… - ACS infectious …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
and virulent human-infecting coronavirus that emerged in late December 2019 in Wuhan …

Acute and persistent symptoms in non-hospitalized PCR-confirmed COVID-19 patients

S Bliddal, K Banasik, OB Pedersen, J Nissen… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Reports of persistent symptoms after hospitalization with COVID-19 have raised concern of a
“long COVID” syndrome. This study aimed at determining the prevalence of and risk factors …