Control of airborne infectious disease in buildings: Evidence and research priorities

PJ Bueno de Mesquita, WW Delp, WR Chan… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2 virus has resulted in variants likely to be more readily
transmitted through respiratory aerosols, underscoring the increased potential for indoor …

Risk evaluation of venue types and human behaviors of COVID-19 outbreaks in public indoor environments: A systematic review and meta-analysis

W Huang, CX Gao, D Luo, Y Wang, X Zheng, C Liu… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite increasing vaccination rates, the incidence of breakthrough infections with COVID-
19 has increased due to the continued emergence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 …

Superspreading potential of COVID-19 outbreak seeded by Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong

Z Guo, S Zhao, SS Lee, CKP Mok… - Journal of Travel …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Using two early transmission chains in Hong Kong, the estimated R and k were 1.34 [95%
credible interval (CrI): 0.94–2.19] and 0.33 (95% CrI: 0.17–0.62), respectively, inferring …

SARS-CoV-2 droplet and airborne transmission heterogeneity

M Baselga, A Güemes, JJ Alba… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The spread dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have not yet been fully understood after two
years of the pandemic. The virus's global spread represented a unique scenario for …

Uncovering transmission patterns of COVID-19 outbreaks: A region-wide comprehensive retrospective study in Hong Kong

Y Liu, Z Gu, J Liu - EClinicalMedicine, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Given the dynamism and heterogeneity of COVID-19 transmission patterns,
determining the most effective yet timely strategies for specific regions remains a severe …

COVID-19 outbreak rates and infection attack rates associated with the workplace: a descriptive epidemiological study

Y Chen, T Aldridge, C Ferraro, FM Khaw - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives A large number of COVID-19 outbreaks/clusters have been reported in a variety
of workplace settings since the start of the pandemic but the rate of outbreak occurrence in …

[HTML][HTML] A statistical framework for tracking the time-varying superspreading potential of COVID-19 epidemic

Z Guo, S Zhao, SS Lee, CT Hung, NS Wong, TY Chow… - Epidemics, 2023 - Elsevier
Timely detection of an evolving event of an infectious disease with superspreading potential
is imperative for territory-wide disease control as well as preventing future outbreaks. While …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic patterns of COVID-19 clusters in low-incidence city, Hong Kong

GKK Chung, SM Chan, YH Chan, J Woo… - Emerging Infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Although coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks have been relatively well
controlled in Hong Kong, containment remains challenging among socioeconomically …

[HTML][HTML] Superspreading potential of infection seeded by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA. 1 variant in South Korea

Z Guo, S Zhao, S Ryu, CKP Mok, CT Hung… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As a distinct feature of the COVID-19 transmission, superspreading 1–2 plays an essential
role for fueling the disease transmissions in the outbreaks caused by the recent SARS-CoV …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing community vulnerability over 3 waves of COVID-19 pandemic, Hong Kong, China

Q Liao, M Dong, J Yuan, R Fielding… - Emerging Infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We constructed a coronavirus disease community vulnerability index using micro district-
level socioeconomic and demographic data and analyzed its correlations with case counts …