Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

KP Fennelly - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among
health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate …

COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

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 …

Visualizing the effectiveness of face masks in obstructing respiratory jets

S Verma, M Dhanak, J Frankenfield - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The use of face masks in public settings has been widely recommended by public health
officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The masks help mitigate the risk of cross …

Classification of aerosol-generating procedures: a rapid systematic review

T Jackson, D Deibert, G Wyatt… - BMJ open …, 2020 - bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
In the context of covid-19, aerosol generating procedures have been highlighted as
requiring a higher grade of personal protective equipment. We investigated how official …

Air quality changes in cities during the COVID-19 lockdown: A critical review

MG Adam, PTM Tran, R Balasubramanian - Atmospheric Research, 2021 - Elsevier
In response to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) within and across
countries and the need to protect public health, governments worldwide introduced …

Efficacy of face masks, neck gaiters and face shields for reducing the expulsion of simulated cough-generated aerosols

WG Lindsley, FM Blachere, BF Law… - Aerosol Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Face masks are recommended to reduce community transmission of SARS-CoV-2. One of
the primary benefits of face masks and other coverings is as source control devices to …

Review of indoor aerosol generation, transport, and control in the context of COVID‐19

MA Kohanski, LJ Lo, MS Waring - International forum of allergy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has heightened the
awareness of aerosol generation by human expiratory events and their potential role in viral …

Personal protective equipment for preventing highly infectious diseases due to exposure to contaminated body fluids in healthcare staff

JH Verbeek, B Rajamaki, S Ijaz… - Cochrane database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background In epidemics of highly infectious diseases, such as Ebola, severe acute
respiratory syndrome (SARS), or coronavirus (COVID‐19), healthcare workers (HCW) are at …

[HTML][HTML] Medical masks and Respirators for the Protection of Healthcare Workers from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses

M Ippolito, F Vitale, G Accurso, P Iozzo, C Gregoretti… - Pulmonology, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of medical masks and respirators as personal protective equipment is pivotal to
reducing the level of biological hazard to which healthcare workers are exposed during the …