[HTML][HTML] Environmental factors involved in SARS-CoV-2 transmission: effect and role of indoor environmental quality in the strategy for COVID-19 infection control

K Azuma, U Yanagi, N Kagi, H Kim, M Ogata… - … health and preventive …, 2020 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a new zoonotic agent
that emerged in December 2019, causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission dynamics should inform policy

M Cevik, JL Marcus, C Buckee… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
It is generally agreed that striking a balance between resuming economic and social
activities and keeping the effective reproductive number (R0) below 1 using …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic theory predicts the effects of temperature and humidity on inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and other enveloped viruses

DH Morris, KC Yinda, A Gamble, FW Rossine, Q Huang… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Ambient temperature and humidity strongly affect inactivation rates of enveloped viruses, but
a mechanistic, quantitative theory of these effects has been elusive. We measure the stability …

HRM and the COVID‐19 pandemic: How can we stop making a bad situation worse?

M Butterick, A Charlwood - Human Resource Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This provocation argues that the COVID‐19 pandemic has exposed deep labour market
inequalities. Partially underpinning these inequalities are human resource management …

Extended lifetime of respiratory droplets in a turbulent vapor puff and its implications on airborne disease transmission

KL Chong, CS Ng, N Hori, R Yang, R Verzicco… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
To quantify the fate of respiratory droplets under different ambient relative humidities, direct
numerical simulations of a typical respiratory event are performed. We found that, because …

A systematic approach to estimating the effectiveness of multi-scale IAQ strategies for reducing the risk of airborne infection of SARS-CoV-2

J Shen, M Kong, B Dong, MJ Birnkrant, J Zhang - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has made more than 125 million …

Masks and face coverings for the lay public: a narrative update

T Czypionka, T Greenhalgh, D Bassler… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Whether and when to mandate the wearing of facemasks in the community to prevent the
spread of coronavirus disease 2019 remains controversial. Published literature across …

Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor environments: A comprehensive review

J Shen, M Kong, B Dong, MJ Birnkrant… - … and Technology for the …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of deaths and great economic loss globally.
There has been substantial evidence supporting the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 …

COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in US meatpacking counties

TL Saitone, KA Schaefer, DP Scheitrum - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, we investigate the extent to which the presence of a large meatpacking (ie,
beef, pork, and broiler chicken) plant has affected county-level COVID-19 transmission …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in germany: a population-based sequential study in seven regions

D Gornyk, M Harries, S Glöckner… - Deutsches ärzteblatt …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Until now, information on the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Germany has
been based mainly on data from the public health offices. It may be assumed that these data …