Vertical transmission of aerosols between building flats through drainage system: A review

M Chang, D Mu, Y Zhao, L Xiao, Y Wu, N Gao - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been demonstrate to
be transmitted through fecal aerosols in building drainage systems (BDS), emphasizing the …

Vertical transmission of infectious aerosols through building toilet drainage system: An experimental study

Y Niu, F Wang, D Luo, Z Shu, J Huang, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The building's toilet drainage system has been identified as a potential route for the
transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during outbreaks. This study employed agar-fluorescein …

Numerical investigation on the transmission and dispersion of aerosols in a 7-stories building drainage system

Y Zhang, Y Wang, F Wang, X Xu, X Wu - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
In previous reports, the positive SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was detected in the fecal samples
from confirmed pneumonia patients, suggesting a high probability of the fecal-oral …

The influence of ventilation on airborne transmission between stacking toilets

TW Tsang, KW Mui, LT Wong, YS Wong - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Multiple COVID-19 outbreaks in high-rise residential buildings have been linked to the
vertical spread of the virus along the building. This study aimed to provide empirical …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission through vertical sanitary drains in high-rise buildings—Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, March 2022

K Lyu, S Feng, X Li, Q Wang, X Zhao, S Yu… - China CDC …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission Through Vertical Sanitary Drains in High-Rise
Buildings — Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, March 2022 - PMC Back to Top Skip …

Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 due to the chimney effect in two high-rise housing drainage stacks

Q Wang, Y Li, DC Lung, PT Chan, CH Dung… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Stack aerosols are generated within vertical building drainage stacks during the discharge
of wastewater containing feces and exhaled mucus from toilets and washbasins. Fifteen …

Vertical outbreak of COVID-19 in high-rise buildings: The role of sewer stacks and prevention measures

Y Guo, X Li, S Luby, G Jiang - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
COVID-19 outbreaks in high-rise buildings suggested the transmission route of fecal-aerosol-
inhalation due to the involvement of viral aerosols in sewer stacks. The vertical transmission …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Neglected Aspects of SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission in Bathrooms of Multistory and High-Rise Buildings—Beijing Municipality, China, October 2022

K Lyu, Q Wang, X Li, Z Zhang, X Zhao, Y Li… - China CDC …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The poor airtightness of the connecting parts of the floor drain, as well as pressure
fluctuations in the sewage pipe during toilet flushing caused by blockage of the soil stack …

Quantifying the risk of indoor drainage system in multi-unit apartment building as a transmission route of SARS-CoV-2

KW Shi, YH Huang, H Quon, ZL Ou-Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on human society. The isolation of
SARS-CoV-2 from patients' feces on human cell line raised concerns of possible …