Spread of viruses, which measures are the most apt to control COVID-19?

Y Tandjaoui-Lambiotte, A Lomont… - Infectious Diseases …, 2023 - Elsevier
The persistent debate about the modes of transmission of SARS-CoV2 and preventive
measures has illustrated the limits of our knowledge regarding the measures to be …

Research progress of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on aerosol collection and detection

X Zhang, Y Chen, Y Pan, X Ma, G Hu, S Li… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in late
2019 has negatively affected people's lives and productivity. Because the mode of …

Negligible risk of surface transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in public transportation

A Pilipenco, M Forinová, H Mašková… - Journal of Travel …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Exposure to pathogens in public transport systems is a common means of
spreading infection, mainly by inhaling aerosol or droplets from infected individuals. Such …

[HTML][HTML] Viable SARS-CoV-2 detected in the air of hospital rooms of patients with COVID-19 with an early infection

H Kitagawa, T Nomura, Y Kaiki, M Kakimoto… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study assessed the concentration of SARS-CoV-2 in the air of hospital
rooms occupied by patients with COVID-19 who had viable SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal …

Analysis of a UV photocatalytic oxidation-based disinfection system for hydroxyl radicals, negative air ions generation and their impact on inactivation of pathogenic …

K Ahlawat, R Jangra, A Ish, A Dixit, D Fulwani… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
This work presents a large-scale surface disinfection system, which has a unique lantern
arrangement of ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light (254 nm) in conjunction with nanotechnology in a …

SARS-CoV-2 surface and air contamination in an acute healthcare setting during the first and second pandemic waves

JA Otter, J Zhou, JR Price, L Reeves, N Zhu… - Journal of Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Surfaces and air in healthcare facilities can be contaminated with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Previously, the authors identified SARS …

[HTML][HTML] Real-life lack of evidence of viable SARS-CoV-2 transmission via inanimate surfaces: The SURFACE study

JC Sammartino, M Colaneri, C Bassoli… - Journal of Infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Although the potential role of inanimate surfaces in SARS-CoV-2 transmission
has yet to be adequately assessed, it is still routine practice to apply deep and expensive …

[HTML][HTML] Sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies and resistance to type I interferons in SARS-CoV-2 R. 1 Lineage Variants, Canada

RA Jacob, A Zhang, HO Ajoge… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Isolating and characterizing emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants is key to understanding virus
pathogenesis. In this study, we isolated samples of the SARS-CoV-2 R. 1 lineage …

SARS-CoV-2 transmission modes: Why and how contamination occurs around shared meals and drinks?

A Saulnier, JM Wendling, B Hermant, D Lepelletier - Food Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
In spite of prevention measures enacted all over the world to control the COVID-19
pandemic outbreak, including mask wearing, social distancing, hand hygiene, vaccination …

Environmental dissemination of respiratory viruses: dynamic interdependencies of respiratory droplets, aerosols, aerial particulates, environmental surfaces, and …

MK Ijaz, SA Sattar, RW Nims, SA Boone, J McKinney… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
During the recent pandemic of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), influential public health agencies
such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and …