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Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A review on measurements of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in air in outdoor and indoor environments: Implication for airborne transmission.The Science of the total environment · 2022Pooled it
- Contamination of Air and Surfaces in Workplaces with SARS-CoV-2 Virus: A Systematic Review.Annals of work exposures and health · 2021Pooled it
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- Cleaning and Disinfecting Public Transportation Vehicles Against Respiratory Infectious Diseases in Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Article
- COVID-19 transmission and control in land public transport: A literature review.Fundamental research · 2024Review
- Lack of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples collected from September 2020-February 2021 in a university that followed CDC reopening guidance.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2023Article
- Impact of needle-point bipolar ionization system in the reduction of bioaerosols in collective transport.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Preventive measures focused on the urban-rural interface protect rural food-producing communities from SARS-CoV-2.Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2022Article
- Two Years into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned.ACS infectious diseases · 2022Review
- Transmission and control of SARS-CoV-2 on ground public transport: A rapid review of the literature up to May 2021.Journal of transport & health · 2022Review
- Elucidating the role of environmental management of forests, air quality, solid waste and wastewater on the dissemination of SARS-CoV-2.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2022Review
- The emission and dynamics of droplets from human expiratory activities and COVID-19 transmission in public transport system: A review.Building and environment · 2022Review
- Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the Indoor and Outdoor Areas of Urban Public Transport Systems of Three Major Cities of Portugal in 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sponge Whirl-Pak Sampling Method and Droplet Digital RT-PCR Assay for Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 on Surfaces in Public and Working Environments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Transit Workers: Perceptions of Employer Responses and Associations with Health Factors.Annals of work exposures and health · 2022Article
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- Time and spatially resolved tracking of the air quality in local public transport.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Modeling the factors that influence exposure to SARS-CoV-2 on a subway train carriage.Indoor air · 2022Review
- Environmental Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in Two Restaurants from a Mid-scale City that Followed U.S. CDC Reopening Guidance.Aerosol and air quality research · 2022Article
- Tracing contacts to evaluate the transmission of COVID-19 from highly exposed individuals in public transportation.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 are aerosol, droplet and touching infected material. The diffusion of the virus contagion among people is easier in indoor location, but direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air or on surfaces is quite sparse, especially regarding public transport, while it would be important to know how and if it is safe to use them. To answer these questions we analysed the air and the surfaces most usually touched by passengers inside a city bus during normal operation, in order to understand the possible spreading of the virus and the effectiveness of the protective measures. The measurements were carried out across the last week of the lockdown and the first week when, gradually, all the travel restrictions were removed. The air and surface samples were analysed with the RT-PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus. After two weeks of measurements and more than 1100 passenger travelling on the bus the virus was never detected both on surfaces and on air, suggesting that the precautions adopted on public transportation are effective in reducing the COVID-19 spreading.
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