COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

A review on measurements of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in air in outdoor and indoor environments: Implication for airborne transmission

A Dinoi, M Feltracco, D Chirizzi, S Trabucco… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been object of debate in the scientific community
since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. This mechanism of transmission could arise …

[HTML][HTML] Theoretical investigation on the interactions of microplastics with a SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragment and their potential impacts on viral transport and exposure

F Zhang, Z Wang, MG Vijver… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes the
coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic spread across the world and remains difficult …

Hidden hazards of SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in hospitals: a systematic review

NL Ribaric, C Vincent, G Jonitz, A Hellinger… - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite their considerable prevalence, dynamics of hospital‐associated COVID‐19 are still
not well understood. We assessed the nature and extent of air‐and surface‐borne SARS …

SARS-CoV-2 variants: Impact on biological and clinical outcome

S Mahilkar, S Agrawal, S Chaudhary, S Parikh… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) that was first identified
in December 2019, in Wuhan, China was found to be the etiological agent for a novel …

Is safe distance enough to prevent COVID-19? Dispersion and tracking of aerosols in various artificial ventilation conditions using OpenFOAM

S Mirza, A Niwalkar, A Gupta, S Gautam, A Anshul… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of learning more about
aerosols and particles that migrate through the airways when a person sneezes, coughs and …

Airborne severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in hospitals: effects of aerosol-generating procedures, HEPA-filtration units, patient viral load …

S Thuresson, CJ Fraenkel, S Sasinovich… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can occur through
inhalation of fine droplets or aerosols containing infectious virus. The objective of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and in silico evaluations of the possible molecular interaction between airborne particulate matter and SARS-CoV-2

A Romeo, R Pellegrini, M Gualtieri, B Benassi… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (winter 2020), the northern part of Italy
has been significantly affected by viral infection compared to the rest of the country leading …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 detection in aerosol from community indoor environments

C Alfaro, S Porru, M Barberá-Riera, A Esplugues… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly and extensively affected
global health and society. Numerous studies have focused on detecting SARS-CoV-2 in air …

Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

MK Parvez, S Parveen - Future Virology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Since its first appearance in 2019, COVID-19 has continued to cause massive devastation,
worldwide [1, 2]. Emergence of its aggressive mutant strains or genetic variants in Brazil, the …