Transmission of COVID-19 virus by droplets and aerosols: A critical review on the unresolved dichotomy

M Jayaweera, H Perera, B Gunawardana… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The practice of social distancing and wearing masks has been popular worldwide in
combating the contraction of COVID-19. Undeniably, although such practices help control …

Airborne transmission of COVID-19: aerosol dispersion, lung deposition, and virus-receptor interactions

YY Zuo, WE Uspal, T Wei - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to infection by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is now causing a global pandemic. Aerosol …

Effects of ventilation on the indoor spread of COVID-19

RK Bhagat, MSD Wykes, SB Dalziel… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Although the relative importance of airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is
controversial, increasing evidence suggests that understanding airflows is important for …

Mechanistic theory predicts the effects of temperature and humidity on inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses

DH Morris, KC Yinda, A Gamble, FW Rossine, Q Huang… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Ambient temperature and humidity strongly affect inactivation rates of enveloped viruses, but
a mechanistic, quantitative theory of these effects has been elusive. We measure the stability …

COVID-19 spread in a classroom equipped with partition–A CFD approach

M Mirzaie, E Lakzian, A Khan, ME Warkiani… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the motion and distribution of droplets containing coronaviruses emitted by
coughing of an infected person in front of a classroom (eg, a teacher) were investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Sneezing and asymptomatic virus transmission

G Busco, SR Yang, J Seo, YA Hassan - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread pattern continues to show that
geographical barriers alone cannot contain a virus. Asymptomatic carriers play a critical role …

[HTML][HTML] Dispersion of evaporating cough droplets in tropical outdoor environment

H Li, FY Leong, G Xu, Z Ge, CW Kang, KH Lim - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has focused our attention on airborne droplet
transmission. In this study, we simulate the dispersion of cough droplets in a tropical outdoor …

Transmission and infection risk of COVID-19 when people coughing in an elevator

S Liu, Z Deng - Building and environment, 2023 - Elsevier
People in cities use elevators daily. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there are more worries
about elevator safety, since elevators are often small and crowded. This study used a proven …

[HTML][HTML] A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19–modelling and mitigation approaches

S Rayegan, C Shu, J Berquist, J Jeon, LG Zhou… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past few years, significant efforts have been made to investigate the transmission of
COVID-19. This paper provides a review of the COVID-19 airborne transmission modeling …

Evolution of spray and aerosol from respiratory releases: theoretical estimates for insight on viral transmission

PM de Oliveira, LCC Mesquita… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By modelling the evaporation and settling of droplets emitted during respiratory releases
and using previous measurements of droplet size distributions and SARS-CoV-2 viral load …