ReviewThe Science of the total environment2021
Why airborne transmission hasn't been conclusive in case of COVID-19? An atmospheric science perspective.
Review in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Viral cultures for assessing airborne infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled 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
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- Synergistic Inactivation of Airborne Viruses by Low-Concentration Ozone With High Humidity and Temperature.Microbiology and immunology · 2025Article
- Rapid virucidal activity of an air sanitizer against aerosolized MS2 and Phi6 phage surrogates for non-enveloped and enveloped vertebrate viruses, including SARS-CoV-2.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Virus-laden droplet nuclei in vortical structures associated with recirculation zones in indoor environments: A possible airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.Environmental advances · 2023Review
- Airborne fine particles drive H1N1 viruses deep into the lower respiratory tract and distant organs.Science advances · 2023Article
- Bipolar ionization rapidly inactivates real-world, airborne concentrations of infective respiratory viruses.PloS one · 2023Article
- Airborne influenza virus shedding by patients in health care units: Removal mechanisms affecting virus transmission.PloS one · 2023Article
- Unanswered questions on the airborne transmission of COVID-19.Environmental chemistry letters · 2023Review
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- The Efficacy of High-Volume Evacuators and Extraoral Vacuum Aspirators in Reducing Aerosol and Droplet in Ultrasonic Scaling Procedures during the COVID-19 Pandemic.European journal of dentistry · 2022Article
- Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 and photocatalytic degradation by TiOScientific reports · 2022Article
- Research on COVID-19 and air pollution: A path towards advancing exposure science.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Infection risk of SARS-CoV-2 in a dining setting: Deposited droplets and aerosols.Building and environment · 2022Article
- "SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted by particulate air pollution": Misinterpretations of statistical data, skewed citation practices, and misuse of specific terminology spreading the misconception.Environmental research · 2022Article
- Comparative study of a mathematical epidemic model, statistical modeling, and deep learning for COVID-19 forecasting and management.Socio-economic planning sciences · 2022Article
- Prediction and control of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ventilated context: from source to receptor.Sustainable cities and society · 2022Article
- Aerosol Transmission of the Pandemic SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A Virus Was Blocked by Negative Ions.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Positive association between outdoor air pollution and the incidence and severity of COVID-19. A review of the recent scientific evidences.Environmental research · 2022Review
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Authors and funding
11 authors.
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Abstract
Airborne transmission is one of the routes for the spread of COVID-19 which is caused by inhalation of smaller droplets
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