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ReviewFrontiers in public health2019

Bioaerosols and Transmission, a Diverse and Growing Community of Practice.

Samira Mubareka, Nicolas Groulx, Eric Savory, Todd Cutts, Steven Theriault, James A Scott, Chad J Roy, Nathalie Turgeon, Elizabeth Bryce, George Astrakianakis and 5 more

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Aerosol Test Chambers: Current State and Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  11. The coronavirus pandemic and aerosols: Does COVID-19 transmit via expiratory particles?Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2020
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  12. Field sampling of indoor bioaerosols.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Samira MubarekaDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nicolas GroulxSunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Eric SavoryDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Todd CuttsPublic Health Agency of Canada, Branch of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Applied Biosafety Research Program, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Steven TheriaultPublic Health Agency of Canada, Branch of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Applied Biosafety Research Program, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
James A ScottDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Chad J RoyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Nathalie TurgeonRecherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, and Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-Informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Elizabeth BryceDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
George AstrakianakisSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Shelley KirychukCanadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Matthieu GirardInstitut de Recherche et de Développement en Agroenvironnement, Québec, QC, Canada.
Gary KobingerCentre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Chao ZhangDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Caroline DuchaineRecherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, and Département de Biochimie, de Microbiologie et de Bio-Informatique, Faculté des Sciences et de Génie, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.

Funding

Tulane NPRC SPF Sheltered Outdoor Enclosure ExpansionP51OD011104 · OD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI L Lee HAMM · 2012 to 2026
$142.4M
NIH HHS P51 OD011104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transmission of infectious microbes via bioaerosols is of significant concern for both human and animal health. However, gaps in our understanding of respiratory pathogen transmission and methodological heterogeneity persist. New developments have enabled progress in this domain, and one of the major turning points has been the recognition that cross-disciplinary collaborations across spheres of human and animal health, microbiology, biophysics, engineering, aerobiology, infection control, public health, occupational health, and industrial hygiene are essential. Collaborative initiatives support advances in topics such as bioaerosol behavior, dispersion models, risk assessment, risk/exposure effects, and mitigation strategies in clinical, experimental, agricultural, and other field settings. There is a need to enhance the knowledge translation for researchers, stakeholders, and private partners to support a growing network of individuals and agencies to achieve common goals to mitigate inter- and intra-species pathogen transmission via bioaerosols.

Indexed as

bioaerosolsCANIBANcollaborationsinfectionsmicrobesnetworkviral disseminationvirus

Identifiers

PMID30847337
PMCPMC6394210

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