ReviewCurrent opinion in colloid & interface science2021
Airborne virus transmission via respiratory droplets: Effects of droplet evaporation and sedimentation.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Reduction of acute respiratory infections in day-care by non-pharmaceutical interventions: a narrative review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Viral respiratory infections in a rapidly changing climate: the need to prepare for the next pandemic.EBioMedicine · 2023Review
- Assessment of aerosol persistence in ICUs via low-cost sensor network and zonal models.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Size distribution and relationship of airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA to indoor aerosol in hospital ward environments.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Mechanisms controlling the transport and evaporation of human exhaled respiratory droplets containing the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus: a review.Environmental chemistry letters · 2023Review
- Distribution of droplets/droplet nuclei from coughing and breathing of patients with different postures in a hospital isolation ward.Building and environment · 2022Article
- Designing Mobile Epidemic Prevention Medical Stations for the COVID-19 Pandemic and International Medical Aid.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Assessing suspension and infectivity times of virus-loaded aerosols involved in airborne transmission.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Antibacterial Activity of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Copper Nanoparticle Nanofibers on Antibiotic Resistant Pathogens and Methicillin ResistantNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Hydrophobic Silicon Dioxide in the Interfacial Properties of Lung Surfactant Films.Environmental science & technology · 2022Article
- "One minute it's an airborne virus, then it's a droplet virus, and then it's like nobody really knows…": Experiences of pandemic PPE amongst Australian healthcare workers.Infection, disease & health · 2022Article
- Prediction and control of aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in ventilated context: from source to receptor.Sustainable cities and society · 2022Article
- Editorial Overview: Hot Topic: COVID-19: Colloid and Interface Aspects of COVID-19.Current opinion in colloid & interface science · 2021Article
- Water evaporation from solute-containing aerosol droplets: Effects of internal concentration and diffusivity profiles and onset of crust formation.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
- Effects of Air Purifiers on the Spread of Simulated Respiratory Droplet Nuclei and Virus Aggregates.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Do soft anions promote protein denaturation through binding interactions? A case study using ribonuclease A.RSC advances · 2019Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Airborne transmission is considered as an important route for the spread of infectious diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and is primarily determined by the droplet sedimentation time, that is, the time droplets spend in air before reaching the ground. Evaporation increases the sedimentation time by reducing the droplet mass. In fact, small droplets can, depending on their solute content, almost completely evaporate during their descent to the ground and remain airborne as so-called droplet nuclei for a long time. Considering that viruses possibly remain infectious in aerosols for hours, droplet nuclei formation can substantially increase the infectious viral air load. Accordingly, the physical-chemical factors that control droplet evaporation and sedimentation times and play important roles in determining the infection risk from airborne respiratory droplets are reviewed in this article.
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