A review of different ventilation modes on thermal comfort, air quality and virus spread control

M Fan, Z Fu, J Wang, Z Wang, H Suo, X Kong… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the era of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), inappropriate indoor ventilation may
turn out to be the culprit of microbial contamination in enclosed spaces and deteriorate the …

Airborne spread of infectious agents in the indoor environment

J Wei, Y Li - American journal of infection control, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Since the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome epidemic, scientific
exploration of infection control is no longer restricted to microbiologists or medical scientists …

Short-range airborne route dominates exposure of respiratory infection during close contact

W Chen, N Zhang, J Wei, HL Yen, Y Li - Building and Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
A susceptible person experiences the highest exposure risk of respiratory infection when he
or she is in close proximity with an infected person. The large droplet route has been …

Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory aerosols emitted by COVID-19 patients while breathing, talking, and singing

KK Coleman, DJW Tay, KS Tan… - … diseases: An official …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Background Multiple SARS-CoV-2 superspreading events suggest that aerosols
play an important role in driving the COVID-19 pandemic. To better understand how …

Viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in respiratory aerosols emitted by patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

KK Coleman, DJW Tay, KS Tan… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
superspreading events suggest that aerosols play an important role in driving the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Ventilation regimes of school classrooms against airborne transmission of infectious respiratory droplets: a review

E Ding, D Zhang, PM Bluyssen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission of small respiratory droplets (ie, aerosols) is one of the dominant
transmission routes of pathogens of several contagious respiratory diseases, which mainly …

Indoor air quality and its effects on humans—A review of challenges and developments in the last 30 years

KW Tham - Energy and buildings, 2016 - Elsevier
A reflective approach is adopted in analyzing the reviews on the impact of indoor air quality
on humans over the last 30 years (1986–2016). The major findings reiterate the concerns of …

Airborne spread of expiratory droplet nuclei between the occupants of indoor environments: A review

ZT Ai, AK Melikov - Indoor air, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This article reviews past studies of airborne transmission between occupants in indoor
environments, focusing on the spread of expiratory droplet nuclei from mouth/nose to …

Prediction and control of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ventilated context: from source to receptor

C Xu, W Liu, X Luo, X Huang, PV Nielsen - Sustainable cities and society, 2022 - Elsevier
Global spread of COVID-19 has seriously threatened human life and health. The aerosol
transmission route of SARS-CoV-2 is observed often associated with infection clusters under …