The pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has made biotextiles, including
face masks and protective clothing, quite familiar in our daily lives. Biotextiles are one broad …

Together, SARS-CoV-2 and M. tuberculosis have killed approximately 5.7 million people
worldwide over the past 2 years. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the non-pharmaceutical …

Some infectious diseases, including COVID-19, can undergo airborne transmission. This
may happen at close proximity, but as time indoors increases, infections can occur in shared …

Background Despite circumstantial evidence for aerosol and fomite spread of SARS-CoV-2,
empirical data linking either pathway with transmission are scarce. Here we aimed to assess …

Determining the viral load and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in macroscopic respiratory
droplets, bioaerosols, and other bodily fluids and secretions is important for identifying …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol remains contentious. Importantly, whether
cough or breath-generated bioaerosols can harbor viable and replicating virus remains …

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the unprecedented use of facemasks has been requiring for
wearing in daily life. By wearing facemask, human exhaled breath aerosols and inhaled …

In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is
transmitted via the airborne route, caused a new pandemic namely,“coronavirus disease …

The ongoing COVID-19 mass testing and vaccination campaigns are the result of
unprecedented financial investments, rapid research and development, collaborative …

Herein, the trapping effectiveness of N95, filter KN95, medical surgical masks (MSMs), and
disposable medical masks (DMMs) against 19 airborne traditional and novel …