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] Comprehensive performance evaluation of six bioaerosol samplers based on an aerosol wind tunnel

J Guo, M Lv, Z Liu, T Qin, H Qiu, J Lu, L Hu… - Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Choosing a suitable bioaerosol sampler for atmospheric microbial monitoring has been a
challenge to researchers interested in environmental microbiology, especially during a …

Comparing and validating air sampling methods for SARS-CoV-2 detection in HVAC ducts of student dorms

S Sousan, M Boatman, L Johansen, M Fan… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated the threat of
airborne pathogenic respiratory viruses such as the airborne Severe Acute Respiratory …

On-site monitoring of airborne pathogens: recent advances in bioaerosol collection and rapid detection

X Feng, P Hu, T Jin, J Fang, F Tang, H Jiang, C Lu - Aerobiologia, 2024 - Springer
Airborne pathogens pose a great threat to public health, and their appearance in bioaerosol
also increases the contiguousness due to the long survival time and transmitting range. Real …

Exploring Integrated Environmental Viral Surveillance of Indoor Environments: A comparison of surface and bioaerosol environmental sampling in hospital rooms with …

L Dietz, DA Constant, M Fretz, PF Horve… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Abstract The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
has dramatically transformed policies and practices surrounding public health. One such …

A randomized controlled trial to study the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses during indoor clubbing events (ANRS0066s ITOC study)

LB Luong Nguyen, J Goupil de Bouillé… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background In the context of the circulation of the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) B. 1.617. 2 (Delta) variant, vaccination re-authorized mass …

Assessing the impact of a novel house design on the incidence of malaria in children in rural Africa: study protocol for a household-cluster randomized controlled …

S Mshamu, A Mmbando, J Meta, J Bradley, TC Bøjstrup… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Traditional rural housing in hot, humid regions of sub-Saharan Africa usually
consists of single-level, poorly ventilated dwellings. Houses are mostly poorly screened …

[HTML][HTML] A fieldable process for sensitive detection of airborne viruses via electrophoresis-based RNA enrichment

H Du, S Bruno, KJ Overholt, S Palacios… - … and Bioelectronics: X, 2024 - Elsevier
Sensitive on-site virus detection is a requirement for timely action against the spread of
airborne infection since ultra-low in-air viral concentrations can readily infect individuals …

VLP-based model for the study of airborne viral pathogens

M Caffrey, N Jayakumar, V Caffrey… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the danger of airborne viral pathogens.
The lack of model systems to study airborne pathogens limits the understanding of airborne …