COVID-19 is a contagious viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that led to an ongoing
pandemic with massive global health and socioeconomic consequences. The disease is …

Knowing the physicochemical properties of exhaled droplets and aerosol particles is a
prerequisite for a detailed mechanistic understanding and effective prevention of the …

The built environment comprises all structures built by humans, including our homes,
workplaces, schools and vehicles. As in any ecosystem on Earth, microorganisms have …

Each day people are exposed to millions of bioaerosols, including whole microorganisms,
which can have both beneficial and detrimental effects. The next chapter in understanding …

We spend the majority of our lives indoors; yet, we currently lack a comprehensive
understanding of how the microbial communities found in homes vary across broad …

Abstract Purpose of Review Fomites are inanimate objects that become colonized with
microbes and serve as potential intermediaries for transmission to/from humans. This review …

Since the publication of the Janeway's Pattern Recognition hypothesis in 1989, study of
pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) and their immuno-stimulatory activities …

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are the most widespread class of membrane-bound innate
immune receptors, responsible of specific pathogen recognition and production of immune …

Although several non-thermal plasmas (NTPs) technologies have been widely investigated
in air treatment, very few studies have focused on the inactivation mechanism of viruses by …

In recent years, photocatalytic technology has been widely studied as an environmental
restoration technology and energy production technology to solve the two crises of energy …