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 …

[HTML][HTML] How COVID-19 reshaped quality of life in cities: A synthesis and implications for urban planning

K Mouratidis - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper synthesizes knowledge on how the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
reshaped the relationship between cities and quality of life. The possible impacts of cities on …

A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19

MZ Bazant, JWM Bush - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The current revival of the American economy is being predicated on social distancing,
specifically the Six-Foot Rule, a guideline that offers little protection from pathogen-bearing …

Fluid dynamics of respiratory infectious diseases

L Bourouiba - Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The host-to-host transmission of respiratory infectious diseases is fundamentally enabled by
the interaction of pathogens with a variety of fluids (gas or liquid) that shape pathogen …

COVID‐19 as an occupational disease

C Carlsten, M Gulati, S Hines, C Rose… - American journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) caused by the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 permeates all aspects of society worldwide. Initial medical reports …

Disease transmission through expiratory aerosols on an urban bus

Z Zhang, T Han, KH Yoo, J Capecelatro… - Physics of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Airborne respiratory diseases such as COVID-19 pose significant challenges to public
transportation. Several recent outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 indicate the high risk of …

Extended lifetime of respiratory droplets in a turbulent vapor puff and its implications on airborne disease transmission

KL Chong, CS Ng, N Hori, R Yang, R Verzicco… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
To quantify the fate of respiratory droplets under different ambient relative humidities, direct
numerical simulations of a typical respiratory event are performed. We found that, because …

Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

COVID-19, the built environment, and health

H Frumkin - Environmental health perspectives, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Since the dawn of cities, the built environment has both affected infectious
disease transmission and evolved in response to infectious diseases. COVID-19 illustrates …

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 …