Viral infection transmission and indoor air quality: A systematic review

Z Alqarni, Y Rezgui, I Petri, A Ghoroghi - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Respiratory disease transmission in indoor environments presents persistent challenges for
health authorities, as exemplified by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This underscores the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of parameters influencing pathogen concentration in a room with displacement ventilation using computational fluid dynamics and Taguchi methods

BE Yuce, A Aganovic, PV Nielsen… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Analyzing multiple physical factors simultaneously to determine optimal ventilation solutions
can be challenging. Furthermore, this type of analysis needs a large case number to be …

Impact of improved indoor environment on recovery from COVID-19 infections: a review of literature

AE Afful, ADD Osei Assibey Antwi, J Ayarkwa… - Facilities, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to explore the impact of the indoor environment on recovery from
COVID-19 infections. Extant literature on the impact of the four key themes of the indoor …

Airborne transmission of exhaled pollutants during short-term events: Quantitatively assessing inhalation monitor points

X Li, CM Mak, Z Ai, HM Wong - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The infection risk assessment associated with the contaminant inhalation can provide a
scientific basis for formulating mitigation measures. Previous studies on the breathing zone …

[HTML][HTML] Offshore COVID-19 risk assessment based on a fishing vessel

L Huang, W Hetharia, AG La Rosa, S Tavakoli… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Offshore crews often work near each other due to limited space, signifying a complex
environment for the airborne transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). During offshore …

Characteristics of human-related droplet dynamic patterns inside urban bus with numerical simulation approach: Impacts of solar radiation, ventilation modes and …

Y Zhao, C Gu, X Song, Z Luo, J Wang - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Nowadays, urban bus has become one of the closely human-related environments. The
exhaled droplets when passengers breath, talk, cough and sneeze will undergo a series of …

[HTML][HTML] Agent-based simulation for infectious disease modelling over a period of multiple days, with application to an airport scenario

T Harweg, M Wagner, F Weichert - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of infectious disease spreading in public places has
been brought into focus more than ever. Places that are of particular interest regarding the …

Simulation-based suggestions for lockdown rules in dense urban areas considering indoor-outdoor droplet transmission under natural ventilation conditions

X Fan, X Zhang, AU Weerasuriya, J Hang… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lockdown rules have been arbitrarily applied to curtail respiratory disease outbreaks without
being certain about indoor-outdoor droplet transmission mechanisms and associated …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical performance of CO2 accumulation and droplet dispersion from a cough inside a hospital lift under different ventilation strategies

SA Chillón, U Fernandez-Gamiz, E Zulueta… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The impact of mechanical ventilation on airborne diseases is not completely known. The
recent pandemic of COVID-19 clearly showed that additional investigations are necessary …

Effects of exhalation modes and spatial distribution of an infected person on contaminant transmission in a classroom

Z Qing, W Zhang, W Zhang, H Zhang, Y Xuan - Energy and Buildings, 2024 - Elsevier
Classrooms pose a huge risk from the cross-infection of respiratory infections. However,
quantitative research on the combined effect of the location of the infected individual and …