Breathing, speaking, coughing or sneezing: What drives transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2?

V Stadnytskyi, P Anfinrud, A Bax - Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is highly contagious, as demonstrated by numerous well‐
documented superspreading events. The infection commonly starts in the upper respiratory …

Respiratory aerosols and droplets in the transmission of infectious diseases

ML Pöhlker, C Pöhlker, OO Krüger, JD Förster… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
Knowing the physicochemical properties of exhaled droplets and aerosol particles is a
prerequisite for a detailed mechanistic understanding and effective prevention of the …

Face masks considerably reduce COVID-19 cases in Germany

T Mitze, R Kosfeld, J Rode… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We use the synthetic control method to analyze the effect of face masks on the spread of
COVID-19 in Germany. Our identification approach exploits regional variation in the point in …

Fluid dynamics of COVID-19 airborne infection suggests urgent data for a scientific design of social distancing

ME Rosti, S Olivieri, M Cavaiola, A Seminara… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is largely caused by airborne transmission, a phenomenon that
rapidly gained the attention of the scientific community. Social distancing is of paramount …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions

P Katre, S Banerjee, S Balusamy, KC Sahu - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. Several
countries have experienced repeated periods of major spreading over the last two years …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission and reduction of aerosols in classrooms using air purifier systems

S Burgmann, U Janoske - Physics of fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) as an airborne respiratory disease led to a bunch of open
questions: how teaching in classrooms is possible and how the risk of infection can be …

Face coverings, aerosol dispersion and mitigation of virus transmission risk

IM Viola, B Peterson, G Pisetta, G Pavar… - IEEE open journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is primarily transmitted through virus-laden fluid particles ejected
from the mouth of infected people. Face covers can mitigate the risk of virus transmission but …

[PDF][PDF] Human behavioral crowds review, critical analysis and research perspectives

N Bellomo, J Liao, A Quaini, L Russo… - … Models and Methods in …, 2023 - researchgate.net
1612 N. Bellomo et al. the modeling of traffic and crowds: A survey of models, speculations,
and perspectives, SIAM Rev. 53 (2011) 409–463], thus providing important research …

Numerical study on the effect of diner divider on the airborne transmission of diseases in canteens

Z Liu, R Li, Y Wu, R Ju, N Gao - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
The large-scale outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 has prompted the restaurants and canteens to
take corresponding measures such as installing diner dividers and controlling the number of …

Epidemics and society-A multiscale vision from the small world to the globally interconnected world

D Burini, DA Knopoff - … Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 2024 - research.unipg.it
This paper shows how a new theory of epidemics can be developed for viral pandemics in a
globally interconnected world. The study of the in-host dynamics and, in parallel, the spatial …