Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

What were the historical reasons for the resistance to recognizing airborne transmission during the COVID‐19 pandemic?

JL Jimenez, LC Marr, K Randall, ET Ewing… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The question of whether SARS‐CoV‐2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has
been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis …

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality

L Morawska, Y Li, T Salthammer - Science, 2024 - science.org
The rapid global spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
at the beginning of 2020 presented the world with its greatest health challenge in decades. It …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of indoor air quality and risk of COVID-19 infection in Spanish secondary school and university classrooms

D Rodríguez, IR Urbieta, Á Velasco… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Spanish educational centers were
reopened after six months of lockdown. Ventilation was mostly adopted as a preventive …

Model evaluation of secondary chemistry due to disinfection of indoor air with germicidal ultraviolet lamps

Z Peng, SL Miller, JL Jimenez - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Air disinfection using germicidal ultraviolet light (GUV) has received increasing attention
during the COVID-19 pandemic. GUV uses UVC lamps to inactivate microorganisms, but it …

On-site airborne pathogen detection for infection risk mitigation

G Qiu, X Zhang, AJ deMello, M Yao, J Cao… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Human-infecting pathogens that transmit through the air pose a significant threat to public
health. As a prominent instance, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Computational applications of extended SIR models: A review focused on airborne pandemics

T Lazebnik - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Epidemiological-Mathematical models are powerful tools for estimating the course of a
pandemic and exploring different scenarios through pandemic intervention policies (PIPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of population mixing between vaccinated and unvaccinated subpopulations on infectious disease dynamics: implications for SARS-CoV-2 …

DN Fisman, A Amoako, AR Tuite - Cmaj, 2022 - cmaj.ca
Background: The speed of vaccine development has been a singular achievement during
the COVID-19 pandemic, although uptake has not been universal. Vaccine opponents often …

The influence of displacement ventilation on indoor carbon dioxide exposure and ventilation efficiency in a living laboratory open-plan office

Y Lu, J Huang, DN Wagner, Z Lin, N Jung… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Good indoor air quality in office environments is essential for occupant health and
productivity. In open-plan offices, displacement ventilation has been recognized for its …

Aerosol particle emission increases exponentially above moderate exercise intensity resulting in superemission during maximal exercise

B Mutsch, M Heiber, F Grätz, R Hain… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Many airborne pathogens such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2) are transmitted indoors via aerosol particles. During exercise, pulmonary ventilation …