Human respiratory virus infections lead to a spectrum of respiratory symptoms and disease
severity, contributing to substantial morbidity, mortality and economic losses worldwide, as …

In this new guideline, natural ventilation is considered for the first time among the effective
measures to control infections in health care. Such a recommendation from WHO …

Social distancing and ventilation were emphasized broadly to control the ongoing pandemic
COVID-19 in confined spaces. Rationales behind these two strategies, however, were …

A large number of infectious diseases are believed to be transmitted between people via
large droplets and by airborne routes. An understanding of evaporation and dispersion of …

When considering how people are infected by viruses or bacteria and what can be done to
prevent the infections, answers from many disciplines are sought: microbiology, study of …

Worldwide annually there are 1.7 million deaths from diarrheal diseases and 1.5 million
deaths from respiratory infections (56). Viruses cause an estimated 60% of human …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is primarily transmitted by bio-aerosol droplets
or direct personal contacts. This paper presents a detailed study of environmental evidence …

Fomites can serve as routes of transmission for both enteric and respiratory pathogens. The
present study examined the effect of low and high relative humidity on fomite-to-finger …

In December, 2019, a highly infectious and rapidly spreading new pneumonia of unknown
cause was reported to the Chinese WHO Country Office. A cluster of these cases had …

Aims To investigate the antiviral efficacy of oregano oil and its primary active component,
carvacrol, against the nonenveloped murine norovirus (MNV), a human norovirus surrogate …