Potential airborne human pathogens: A relevant inhabitant in built environments but not considered in indoor air quality standards

E Carrazana, T Ruiz-Gil, S Fujiyoshi, D Tanaka… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Potential airborne human pathogens (PAHPs) may be a relevant component of the air
microbiome in built environments. Despite that PAHPs can cause infections, particularly in …

Computational decision-support tools for urban design to improve resilience against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases: A systematic review

L Yang, M Iwami, Y Chen, M Wu, KH van Dam - Progress in planning, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for decision-support tools to help cities
become more resilient to infectious diseases. Through urban design and planning, non …

Aerosol concentrations and size distributions during clinical dental procedures

L Lahdentausta, E Sanmark, S Lauretsalo, V Korkee… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Suspected aerosol-generating dental instruments may cause risks for operators
by transmitting pathogens, such as the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The aim of our study was to …

The multi-dimensional challenges of controlling respiratory virus transmission in indoor spaces: Insights from the linkage of a microscopic pedestrian simulation and …

B Atamer Balkan, Y Chang, M Sparnaaij… - PLOS Computational …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
SARS-CoV-2 transmission in indoor spaces, where most infection events occur, depends on
the types and duration of human interactions, among others. Understanding how these …

The multi-dimensional challenges of controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission in indoor spaces: Insights from the linkage of a microscopic pedestrian simulation and virus …

D Duives, Y Chang, M Sparnaaij, B Wouda… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Since its introduction in December of 2019, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19
disease, has rapidly spread across the world. Whilst vaccines are being rolled out, non …

Modelling airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 at a local scale

S Rahn, M Gödel, G Köster, G Hofinger - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has changed our lives and still poses a
challenge to science. Numerous studies have contributed to a better understanding of the …

Antimicrobial activity of silver-copper coating against aerosols containing surrogate respiratory viruses and bacteria

L Reyes-Carmona, OA Sepúlveda-Robles… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The transmission of bacteria and respiratory viruses through expelled saliva microdroplets
and aerosols is a significant concern for healthcare workers, further highlighted during the …

Toward unraveling airborne pathogen transmission in crowds: Parameter study for an agent-based exposure model

S Rahn, G Köster, HJ Bungartz - Safety Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has put forth the integration of
pathogen transmission into microscopic crowd models to simulate the exposure risk for …

Diffusion Risk Analysis and Interdiction Procedures of Transmission of Microorganism in the Primary Cold Storage of Imported Cold Chain Food in Case of Novel …

Q Tan, J Song, H Fu, S Liu, Z Sun, S Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the period of COVID-19, the health problems caused by the contamination of
imported cold chain food by pathogenic microorganisms attracted widespread attention …

[HTML][HTML] An Easy-to-Use Tool to Predict SARS-CoV-2 Risk of Infection in Closed Settings: Validation with the Use of an Individual-Based Monte Carlo Simulation

B Santoro, F Larese Filon, E Milotti - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
The dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic showed that closed environments, such as
hospitals and schools, are more likely to host infection clusters due to environmental …