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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

SARS-CoV-2 indoor air transmission is a threat that can be addressed with science.

Jonathan M Samet, Thomas A Burke, Seema S Lakdawala, John J Lowe, Linsey C Marr, Kimberly A Prather, Marilee Shelton-Davenport, John Volckens

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Indoor bioaerosols and asthma: Overview, implications, and mitigation strategies.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2025
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  6. Airborne disease transmission during indoor gatherings over multiple time scales: Modeling framework and policy implications.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  9. 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 · 2022
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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

8 authors.

Jonathan M SametOffice of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045; Jon.Samet@cuanschutz.edu.
Thomas A BurkeDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Seema S LakdawalaDepartment of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
John J LoweDepartment of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.ORCID 0000-0002-2893-1312
Linsey C MarrDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
Kimberly A PratherDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.ORCID 0000-0003-3048-9890
Marilee Shelton-DavenportNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001.
John VolckensDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

AerosolsAir Pollution, IndoorConsensus Statements as TopicCOVID-19Environmental HealthHumansNational Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine DivisionSARS-CoV-2United StatesVentilationAerosols

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PMID34728564
PMCPMC8609226

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