The source and transport of bioaerosols in the air: A review

W Xie, Y Li, W Bai, J Hou, T Ma, X Zeng… - … Science & Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Recent pandemic outbreak of the corona-virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has raised
widespread concerns about the importance of the bioaerosols. They are atmospheric …

A review on airborne microorganisms in particulate matters: Composition, characteristics and influence factors

Y Zhai, X Li, T Wang, B Wang, C Li, G Zeng - Environment international, 2018 - Elsevier
Airborne microorganisms (AM), vital components of particulate matters (PM), are widespread
in the atmosphere. Since some AM have pathogenicity, they can lead to a wide range of …

The air-borne antibiotic resistome: Occurrence, health risks, and future directions

W Gwenzi, Z Shamsizadeh, S Gholipour… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance comprising of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs) is an emerging problem causing global human health risks …

Bioaerosolization and pathogen transmission in wastewater treatment plants: Microbial composition, emission rate, factors affecting and control measures

S Kataki, R Patowary, S Chatterjee, MG Vairale… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental consequences during wastewater management are vital and getting
increased attention to interrupt any possible disease transmission pathways. Evidence of …

Quantitative microbial risk assessment and sensitivity analysis for workers exposed to pathogenic bacterial bioaerosols under various aeration modes in two …

Y Chen, C Yan, Y Yang, J Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) could emit a large amount of bioaerosols containing
pathogenic bacteria. Assessing the health risks of exposure to these bioaerosols by using …

Bioaerosols emission and exposure risk of a wastewater treatment plant with A2O treatment process

Y Han, K Yang, T Yang, M Zhang, L Li - Ecotoxicology and environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The characteristics of bioaerosol emissions from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have
attracted extensive attention. The anaerobic-anoxic-oxic (A 2 O) process, which uses the …

Antibiotic resistance genes associated with size-segregated bioaerosols from wastewater treatment plants: A review

T Yang, X Wang, L Jiang, X Sui, X Bi, B Jiang… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The antibiotic-resistant pollution in size-segregated bioaerosols from wastewater treatment
plants (WWTPs) is of increasing concern due to its public health risks, but an elaborate …

A probabilistic assessment of microbial infection risks due to occupational exposure to wastewater in a conventional activated sludge wastewater treatment plant

ID Amoah, S Kumari, F Bux - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Exposure to pathogens during wastewater treatment could result in significant health risks.
In this paper, a probabilistic approach for assessing the risks of microbial infection for …

Bioaerosols in the landfill environment: an overview of microbial diversity and potential health hazards

AT Nair - Aerobiologia, 2021 - Springer
Landfilling is one of the indispensable parts of solid waste management in various countries.
Solid waste disposed of in landfill sites provides nutrients for the proliferation of pathogenic …

A state-of-the-art review on WWTP associated bioaerosols: Microbial diversity, potential emission stages, dispersion factors, and control strategies

NK Singh, G Sanghvi, M Yadav, H Padhiyar… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) associated bioaerosols have emerged as one of the
critical sustainability indicators, ensuring health and well-being of societies and cities. In this …