ArticleBuilding and environment2021
Ventilation procedures to minimize the airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms.
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 108 citations in OpenAlex.
- SARS-CoV-2 infection rates and associated risk factors in healthcare workers: systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- A review of strategies and their effectiveness in reducing indoor airborne transmission and improving indoor air quality.Environmental research · 2022Pooled it
- The Selective Detection of Individual Respiratory Droplets in Air.ACS sensors · 2026Article
- Ventilation and filtration strategies to reduce respiratory infections in schools: a scoping review.Public health reviews · 2026Review
- Impact of Ventilation on Respiratory Virus Transmission in College Residence Hall Cohorts: Potential for Causal Inference About Mode of Transmission.Influenza and other respiratory viruses · 2025Article
- Uncertainties in exposure predictions arising from point measurements of carbon dioxide in classroom environments.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
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- Ventilation during COVID-19 in a school for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).PloS one · 2024Article
- Respiratory particle emission rates from children during speaking.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- COJournal of infection and public health · 2023Article
- The impact of retrofitted ventilation approaches on long-range airborne infection risk for lecture room environments: design stage methodology and application.Journal of building engineering · 2023Article
- Implemented indoor airborne transmission mitigation strategies during COVID-19: a systematic review.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2023Review
- A review on indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19- modelling and mitigation approaches.Journal of building engineering · 2023Review
- A CFD-based framework to assess airborne infection risk in buildings.Building and environment · 2023Article
- Respiratory aerosol particle emission and simulated infection risk is greater during indoor endurance than resistance exercise.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Systematic Review of the Key Factors Influencing the Indoor Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Influence of Ventilation Measures on the Airborne Risk of Infection in Schools: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- New dose-response model and SARS-CoV-2 quanta emission rates for calculating the long-range airborne infection risk.Building and environment · 2023Article
- Occupancy-aided ventilation for airborne infection risk control: Continuously or intermittently reduced occupancies?Building simulation · 2023Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Reducing the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through indoor air is the key challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crowded indoor environments, such as schools, represent possible hotspots for virus transmission since the basic non-pharmaceutical mitigation measures applied so far (e.g. social distancing) do not eliminate the airborne transmission mode. There is widespread consensus that improved ventilation is needed to minimize the transmission potential of airborne viruses in schools, whether through mechanical systems or
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