Airborne transmission of COVID‐19 virus in enclosed spaces: an overview of research methods

X Zhao, S Liu, Y Yin, T Zhang, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the outbreak of COVID‐19 in December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‐2) has spread worldwide. This study summarized the …

SARS-CoV-2 aerosol transmission indoors: a closer look at viral load, infectivity, the effectiveness of preventive measures and a simple approach for practical …

M Kriegel, A Hartmann, U Buchholz, J Seifried… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
There is uncertainty about the viral loads of infectious individuals required to transmit COVID-
19 via aerosol. In addition, there is a lack of both quantification of the influencing parameters …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: evidence and implications for engineering controls

VF McNeill - Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Since late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
spread globally, causing a pandemic (coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19) with dire …

Air pollution and COVID-19: Is the connect worth its weight?

AK Sharma, P Balyan - Indian journal of public health, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Primary route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among humans is droplets and direct contact.
Airborne transmission of this virus is not established conclusively and so is the role of …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment for airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via breathing, speaking, singing, coughing, and sneezing

J Schijven, LC Vermeulen, A Swart… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Evidence for indoor airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is accumulating.
Objectives: We assessed of the risk of illness due to airborne SARS-CoV-2 particles from …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2: the unresolved paradox

OP Choudhary, I Singh, G Patra - Travel medicine and infectious …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the aetiological agent
of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has led to a global pandemic defying the …

Environmental factors influencing the transmission of the coronavirus 2019: a review

A Valsamatzi-Panagiotou, R Penchovsky - Environmental Chemistry …, 2022 - Springer
The coronavirus 2019 pandemic, induced by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has strongly altered healthcare systems and the economy …

Investigation of HVAC operation strategies for office buildings during COVID-19 pandemic

CA Faulkner, JE Castellini Jr, W Zuo… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To minimize the indoor transmission of contaminants, such as the virus that can lead to
COVID-19, buildings must provide the best indoor air quality possible. Improving indoor air …

Transmission risk of infectious droplets in physical spreading process at different times: a review

N Mao, CK An, LY Guo, M Wang, L Guo, SR Guo… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Droplets provide a well-known transmission media in the COVID-19 epidemic, and the
particle size is closely related to the classification of the transmission route. However, the …

Numerical investigation on indoor environment decontamination after sneezing

S Kumar, MD King - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
More than 320 million people worldwide were affected by SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, which
already caused more than 5.5 million deaths. COVID-19 spreads through air when an …