[HTML][HTML] The emission and dynamics of droplets from human expiratory activities and COVID-19 transmission in public transport system: A review

Q Wang, J Gu, T An - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The public transport system, containing a large number of passengers in enclosed and
confined spaces, provides suitable conditions for the spread of respiratory diseases …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in High-Incidence Settings—New Paradigms and Insights

M Coleman, L Martinez, G Theron, R Wood, B Marais - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis has affected humankind for thousands of years, but a deeper understanding of
its cause and transmission only arose after Robert Koch discovered Mycobacterium …

Role of pathogen-laden expiratory droplet dispersion and natural ventilation explaining a COVID-19 outbreak in a coach bus

Q Luo, C Ou, J Hang, Z Luo, H Yang, X Yang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The influencing mechanism of droplet transmissions inside crowded and poorly ventilated
buses on infection risks of respiratory diseases is still unclear. Based on experiments of one …

Occupancy-aided ventilation for airborne infection risk control: Continuously or intermittently reduced occupancies?

S Zhang, D Niu, Z Lin - Building Simulation, 2023 - Springer
Ventilation is an important engineering measure to control the airborne infection risk of acute
respiratory diseases, eg, Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Occupancy-aided …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical, natural and hybrid ventilation systems in different building types: Energy and indoor air quality analysis

G Tognon, M Marigo, M De Carli, A Zarrella - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ventilation is fundamental for providing good Indoor Air Quality in buildings. Nevertheless, it
involves considerable energy consumption. In this paper, a co-simulation approach was …

Close contact behavior-based COVID-19 transmission and interventions in a subway system

X Liu, Z Dou, L Wang, B Su, T **, Y Guo, J Wei… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
During COVID-19 pandemic, analysis on virus exposure and intervention efficiency in public
transports based on real passenger's close contact behaviors is critical to curb infectious …

Explosive outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is associated with vertical transmission in high-rise residential buildings in Hong Kong

VCC Cheng, SC Wong, AKW Au, C Zhang… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The phenomenon of vertical transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) in high-rise residential buildings (HRRBs) is unique in our densely …

A power-law distribution of infectious quanta for the top 30% of SARS-CoV-2-infected individuals

P Cheng, W Jia, L Liu, HL Yen, Y Li - Building and Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Minimising airborne infection with respiratory viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2, requires
knowledge of the infectious quanta generation rate for determining the minimum dilution …

Ventilation reconstruction in bathrooms for restraining hazardous plume: Mitigate COVID-19 and beyond

JX Wang, Z Wu, H Wang, M Zhong, Y Mao, Y Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Converging evidence reports that the probability of vertical transmission patterns via shared
drainage systems, may be responsible for the huge contactless community outbreak in high …

Understanding the perceived behavior of public utility bus passengers during the era of COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines: Application of social exchange theory …

MM Cahigas, YT Prasetyo, SF Persada… - … business & management, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the years, passengers in the Philippines have relied on public utility bus (PUB) to reach
a destination. However, PUB has been greatly affected by the adverse effects of the …