ReviewThe Journal of infection2011
The role of particle size in aerosolised pathogen transmission: a review.
Review in The Journal of infection, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04454606 (The New Silicone N99 Half-Piece Respirator), which is not on this map. Cited by 293 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The New Silicone N99 Half-Piece Respirator:VJR-NMU N99:New and Effective Tool to Prevent COVID-19
Who cites it
293 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 696 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Literature Review of Indoor Air Disinfection Techniques for Airborne Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic: what is the effectiveness of using personal protective equipment in health service environments?-a systematic review.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2022Pooled it
- Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via aerosols.Reviews in medical virology · 2021Pooled it
- Hand hygiene and facemask use to prevent droplet-transmitted viral diseases during air travel: a systematic literature review.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Aerosol-generating behaviours in speech pathology clinical practice: A systematic literature review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Oral bacterial decontamination using an innovative prototype for photocatalytic disinfection.Clinical oral investigations · 2022Trial
- Upper respiratory tract CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells protect against viral transmission.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2026Article
- Exposure route, not dose, is the primary driver of infection patterns for a respiratory virus.Science advances · 2026Article
- Environmental DNA (eDNA) from humans: Review of recent advancements and forensic implications.International journal of legal medicine · 2026Review
- Pollen counting made easy: mobile pollen counter provides real-time results in the field.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- Exposure route drives SARS-CoV-2 infection patterns in non-human primates.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The Selective Detection of Individual Respiratory Droplets in Air.ACS sensors · 2026Article
- Microbial Aerosols in Livestock Farming Environment: A Threat That Cannot Be Ignored.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Dip-in Nanomechanical Probes for Mass Characterization of Nanoparticles in Ultra-Low Volume Liquid Suspensions.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Experimental Evaluation of the Efficacy of Air-Sanitizing Equipment in Neutralizing Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Virus.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Molecular Epidemiology ofMicroorganisms · 2025Review
- Size distribution and viral RNA load of influenza virus-laden airborne particles emitted from pigs over the course of an H1N1 infection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Speaking Different Languages Impacts Size-Resolved Exhaled Breath Aerosol Particle Emission.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Isolation measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in transplant units may decrease respiratory infection rates and improve non-relapse mortality.Bone marrow transplantation · 2025Article
- Impact of Droplet Splashing on Biological and Medical Materials Relevant to Clinical Settings.Small science · 2025Article
233 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Understanding respiratory pathogen transmission is essential for public health measures aimed at reducing pathogen spread. Particle generation and size are key determinant for pathogen carriage, aerosolisation, and transmission. Production of infectious respiratory particles is dependent on the type and frequency of respiratory activity, type and site of infection and pathogen load. Further, relative humidity, particle aggregation and mucus properties influence expelled particle size and subsequent transmission. Review of 26 studies reporting particle sizes generated from breathing, coughing, sneezing and talking showed healthy individuals generate particles between 0.01 and 500 μm, and individuals with infections produce particles between 0.05 and 500 μm. This indicates that expelled particles carrying pathogens do not exclusively disperse by airborne or droplet transmission but avail of both methods simultaneously and current dichotomous infection control precautions should be updated to include measures to contain both modes of aerosolised transmission.
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