Airborne transmission of COVID‐19 virus in enclosed spaces: an overview of research methods

X Zhao, S Liu, Y Yin, T Zhang, Q Chen - Indoor air, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Since the outbreak of COVID‐19 in December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‐2) has spread worldwide. This study summarized the …

Long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: rapid systematic review

D Duval, JC Palmer, I Tudge, N Pearce-Smith… - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the potential for long distance airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2
in indoor community settings and to investigate factors that might influence transmission …

Indoor air quality improvement in COVID-19 pandemic

N Agarwal, CS Meena, BP Raj, L Saini, A Kumar… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction The advent of COVID-19 has impinged millions of people. The increased
concern of the virus spread in confined spaces due to meteorological factors has …

Occupant-density-detection based energy efficient ventilation system: Prevention of infection transmission

J Wang, J Huang, Z Feng, SJ Cao, F Haghighat - Energy and Buildings, 2021 - Elsevier
Ventilation plays an important role in prevention and control of COVID-19 in enclosed indoor
environment and specially in high-occupant-density indoor environments (eg, underground …

CFD modeling of airborne pathogen transmission of COVID-19 in confined spaces under different ventilation strategies

H Motamedi, M Shirzadi, Y Tominaga… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission is an important route of spread of viral diseases (eg, COVID-19)
inside the confined spaces. In this respect, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) emerged as …

A review of strategies and their effectiveness in reducing indoor airborne transmission and improving indoor air quality

AN Nair, P Anand, A George, N Mondal - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission arises through the inhalation of aerosol droplets exhaled by an
infected person and is now thought to be the primary transmission route of COVID-19. Thus …

Effects of the covid-19 pandemic on indoor air quality and thermal comfort of primary schools in winter in a mediterranean climate

A Alonso, J Llanos, R Escandón, JJ Sendra - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Research studies have shown the potential effects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on
pupils' health and academic performance. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted renewed …

Egypt's COVID-19 recent happenings and perspectives: a mini-review

ARA Saied, AA Metwally, NAB Madkhali… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has affected countries across the world. While the …

A spatiotemporally resolved infection risk model for airborne transmission of COVID-19 variants in indoor spaces

X Li, D Lester, G Rosengarten, C Aboltins… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The classic Wells-Riley model is widely used for estimation of the transmission risk
of airborne pathogens in indoor spaces. However, the predictive capability of this zero …

Air quality index variation before and after the onset of COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive study on 87 capital, industrial and polluted cities of the world

M Sarmadi, S Rahimi, M Rezaei, D Sanaei… - Environmental Sciences …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provided an
opportunity for the environment to reduce ambient pollution despite the economic, social …