Dismantling myths on the airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)

JW Tang, WP Bahnfleth, PM Bluyssen… - Journal of Hospital …, 2021 - Elsevier
Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused untold
disruption throughout the world. Understanding the mechanisms for transmission of severe …

Indoor air quality: a review of cleaning technologies

TM Mata, AA Martins, CSC Calheiros, F Villanueva… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aims: Indoor air quality (IAQ) has attracted increased attention with the emergence of COVID-
19. Ventilation is perhaps the area in which the most changes have been proposed in …

A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection

L Morawska, J Allen, W Bahnfleth, PM Bluyssen… - Science, 2021 - science.org
There is great disparity in the way we think about and address different sources of
environmental infection. Governments have for decades promulgated a large amount of …

Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

Ventilation strategies to reduce airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms: A systematic review of scientific literature

S Ferrari, T Blázquez, R Cardelli, G Puglisi… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has brought to light the need for strategies to
mitigate contagion between human beings. Apart from hygiene measures and social …

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 …

Portable HEPA purifiers to eliminate airborne SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review

DT Liu, KM Phillips, MM Speth… - … –Head and Neck …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Current epidemiologic predictions of COVID-19 suggest that SARS-CoV-2
mitigation strategies must be implemented long-term. In-office aerosol-generating …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and reduction of aerosols in classrooms using air purifier systems

S Burgmann, U Janoske - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as an airborne respiratory disease led to a bunch of open
questions: how teaching in classrooms is possible and how the risk of infection can be …

Controlling infectious airborne particle dispersion during surgical procedures: Why mobile air supply units matter?

H Tan, KY Wong, MHD Othman, HY Kek, WY Tey… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ventilation system in an operating room (OR) plays a vital role in reducing the risk of
patients contracting an infection while undergoing a surgical procedure. The clean air …

Effectiveness of air‐purifying devices and measures to reduce the exposure to bioaerosols in school classrooms

E Uhde, T Salthammer, S Wientzek, A Springorum… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, which suddenly appeared at the beginning of 2020,
revealed our knowledge deficits in terms of ventilation and air pollution control. It took many …