Effect of saliva fluid properties on pathogen transmissibility

J Reyes, D Fontes, A Bazzi, M Otero, K Ahmed… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
With an increasing body of evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne pathogen, droplet
character formed during speech, coughs, and sneezes are important. Larger droplets tend to …

A study of fluid dynamics and human physiology factors driving droplet dispersion from a human sneeze

D Fontes, J Reyes, K Ahmed, M Kinzel - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies have indicated that COVID-19 is an airborne disease, which has driven
conservative social distancing and widescale usage of face coverings. Airborne virus …

COVID-19: effects of environmental conditions on the propagation of respiratory droplets

L Zhao, Y Qi, P Luzzatto-Fegiz, Y Cui, Y Zhu - Nano letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread, a detailed understanding on
the transmission mechanisms is of paramount importance. The disease transmits mainly …

Airborne dispersion of droplets during coughing: a physical model of viral transmission

H Li, FY Leong, G Xu, CW Kang, KH Lim, BH Tan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The Covid-19 pandemic has focused attention on airborne transmission of viruses. Using
realistic air flow simulation, we model droplet dispersion from coughing and study the …

Modeling the load of SARS-CoV-2 virus in human expelled particles during coughing and speaking

Y Wang, G Xu, YW Huang - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Particle size is an essential factor when considering the fate and transport of virus-
containing droplets expelled by human, because it determines the deposition pattern in the …

Exhaled aerosols and saliva droplets measured in time and 3D space: Quantification of pathogens flow rate applied to SARS‐CoV‐2

A Roth, M Stiti, D Frantz, A Corber… - Natural Sciences, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 and its ever‐emerging variants are spread from host‐to‐host via expelled
respiratory aerosols and saliva droplets. Knowing the number of virions which are exhaled …

Saliva—friend and foe in the COVID-19 outbreak

P Han, S Ivanovski - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by the novel severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global ongoing …

Challenges of integrating aerosol dynamics into SARS-CoV-2 transmission models

Y Drossinos, JP Reid, W Hugentobler… - Aerosol Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In response to the COrona VIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, extensive research
has been conducted to explore, understand, and model the dynamics of expelled respiratory …

Mechanisms of airborne infection via evaporating and sedimenting droplets produced by speaking

RR Netz - The journal of physical chemistry B, 2020 - ACS Publications
For estimating the infection risk from virus-containing airborne droplets, it is crucial to
consider the interplay of all relevant physical-chemical effects that affect droplet evaporation …

[HTML][HTML] Transition from saliva droplets to solid aerosols in the context of COVID-19 spreading

M Stiti, G Castanet, A Corber, M Alden… - Environmental research, 2022 - Elsevier
To control the evolution of a pandemic such as COVID-19, knowing the conditions under
which the pathogen is being transmitted represents a critical issue, especially when …