ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Transmission Indoors: A Closer Look at Viral Load, Infectivity, the Effectiveness of Preventive Measures and a Simple Approach for Practical Recommendations.
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- A Review of Filtration Performance of Protective Masks.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues.Communications engineering · 2024Article
- The multi-dimensional challenges of controlling respiratory virus transmission in indoor spaces: Insights from the linkage of a microscopic pedestrian simulation and SARS-CoV-2 transmission model.PLoS computational biology · 2024Article
- Explicit modeling of antibody levels for infectious disease simulations in the context of SARS-CoV-2.iScience · 2023Article
- 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
- Analysis of the Face Mask Use by Public Transport Passengers and Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Exposure Assessment Tool (CEAT): Exposure quantification based on ventilation, infection prevalence, group characteristics, and behavior.Science advances · 2022Article
- Experimental Methods of Investigating Airborne Indoor Virus-Transmissions Adapted to Several Ventilation Measures.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Impact of pre-pandemic travel mobility patterns on the spatial diffusion of COVID-19 in South Korea.Journal of transport & health · 2022Article
- Reading the Score of the Air-Change in Airborne Microbial Load in Contrast to Particulate Matter during Music Making.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Definition of an Indoor Air Sampling Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Risk Management: Case Study in Kindergartens.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Control of Metabolic COInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Aerosol emission from playing wind instruments and related COVID-19 infection risk during music performance.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Risk Model in an Urban Area of Mexico, Based on GIS Analysis and Viral Load.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is uncertainty about the viral loads of infectious individuals required to transmit COVID-19 via aerosol. In addition, there is a lack of both quantification of the influencing parameters on airborne transmission and simple-to-use models for assessing the risk of infection in practice, which furthermore quantify the influence of non-medical preventive measures. In this study, a dose-response model was adopted to analyze 25 documented outbreaks at infection rates of 4-100%. We show that infection was only possible if the viral load was higher than 10
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