Non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19: a systematic review on environmental control measures

A Madhusudanan, C Iddon, M Cevik… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The purpose of this review was to identify the effectiveness of environmental control (EC)
non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: evidence and implications for engineering controls

VF McNeill - Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Since late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
spread globally, causing a pandemic (coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19) with dire …

Effect of indoor temperature on the velocity fields and airborne transmission of sneeze droplets: An experimental study and transient CFD modeling

A Bahramian, M Mohammadi, G Ahmadi - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic through the airborne transmission of coronavirus-
containing droplets emitted during coughing, sneezing, and speaking has now been well …

Indoor air surveillance and factors associated with respiratory pathogen detection in community settings in Belgium

J Raymenants, C Geenen, L Budts, J Thibaut… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Currently, the real-life impact of indoor climate, human behaviour, ventilation and air filtration
on respiratory pathogen detection and concentration are poorly understood. This hinders the …

SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens are detected in continuous air samples from congregate settings

MD Ramuta, CM Newman, SF Brakefield… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Two years after the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, there is still a need for better ways to assess
the risk of transmission in congregate spaces. We deployed active air samplers to monitor …

[HTML][HTML] Can 10× cheaper, lower-efficiency particulate air filters and box fans complement High-Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) purifiers to help control the COVID-19 …

D Srikrishna - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Public health departments such as CDC and California Department of Public Health (CA-
DPH) advise HEPA-purifiers to limit transmission of SARS-CoV-2 indoor spaces. CA-DPH …

Airborne influenza virus shedding by patients in health care units: Removal mechanisms affecting virus transmission

F Hanna, I Alameddine, H Zaraket, H Alkalamouni… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we characterize the distribution of airborne viruses (influenza A/B) in hospital
rooms of patients with confirmed infections. Concurrently, we monitored fine particulate …

Modeling clothing as a vector for transporting airborne particles and pathogens across indoor microenvironments

J Kvasnicka, EA Cohen Hubal, JA Siegel… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Evidence suggests that human exposure to airborne particles and associated contaminants,
including respiratory pathogens, can persist beyond a single microenvironment. By …

[HTML][HTML] Indoor air humidity revisited: Impact on acute symptoms, work productivity, and risk of influenza and COVID-19 infection

P Wolkoff - International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent epidemiological and experimental findings reconfirm that low indoor air humidity (dry
air) increases the prevalence of acute eye and airway symptoms in offices, result in lower …

Objective indoor air quality parameters and their association to respiratory health and well-being among office workers

H Parhizkar, P Taddei, D Weziak-Bialowolska… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Growing evidence suggests that environmental attributes of office spaces have significant
impacts on human health, well-being and job productivity. Therefore, understanding the …