The physics of respiratory particle generation, fate in the air, and inhalation

L Morawska, G Buonanno, A Mikszewski… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Given that breathing is one of the most fundamental physiological functions, there is an
urgent need to broaden our understanding of the fluid dynamics that governs it. There would …

Artificial intelligence in surveillance, diagnosis, drug discovery and vaccine development against COVID-19

G Arora, J Joshi, RS Mandal, N Shrivastava, R Virmani… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
As of August 6th, 2021, the World Health Organization has notified 200.8 million laboratory-
confirmed infections and 4.26 million deaths from COVID-19, making it the worst pandemic …

Effect of SARS-CoV-2 prior infection and mRNA vaccination on contagiousness and susceptibility to infection

D Mongin, N Bürgisser, G Laurie, G Schimmel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The immunity conferred by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and infections reduces the transmission
of the virus. To answer how the effect of immunity is shared between a reduction of …

Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory aerosols emitted by COVID-19 patients while breathing, talking, and singing

KK Coleman, DJW Tay, KS Tan… - … diseases: An official …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Background Multiple SARS-CoV-2 superspreading events suggest that aerosols
play an important role in driving the COVID-19 pandemic. To better understand how …

Viral load of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in respiratory aerosols emitted by patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

KK Coleman, DJW Tay, KS Tan… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
superspreading events suggest that aerosols play an important role in driving the …

An intranasal live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine limits virus transmission

JM Adler, R Martin Vidal, C Langner… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The development of effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines has been essential to control COVID-
19, but significant challenges remain. One problem is intramuscular administration, which …

How COVID-19 spreads: narratives, counter narratives, and social dramas

T Greenhalgh, M Ozbilgin, D Tomlinson - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
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INQUIRY How covid-19 spreads: narratives, counter narratives, and social dramas Trisha …

Engineering surgical face masks with photothermal and photodynamic plasmonic nanostructures for enhancing filtration and on-demand pathogen eradication

MAH Bayan, C Rinoldi, D Rybak, SS Zargarian… - Biomaterials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The shortage of face masks and the lack of antipathogenic functions has been significant
since the recent pandemic's inception. Moreover, the disposal of an enormous number of …

Hybrid measurement of respiratory aerosol reveals a dominant coarse fraction resulting from speech that remains airborne for minutes

Y Shen, JM Courtney, P Anfinrud… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Accurate measurements of the size and quantity of aerosols generated by various human
activities in different environments are required for efficacious mitigation strategies and …

COVID-19 face masks as a long-term source of microplastics in recycled urban green waste

DHR Spennemann - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, many governments
recommended or mandated the wearing of fitted face masks to limit the transmission of the …