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ArticleInterface focus2022

High attack rate in a Tong Lau house outbreak of COVID-19 with subdivided units in Hong Kong.

Qun Wang, David Christopher Lung, Pak-To Chan, Wei Jia, Chung-Hin Dung, Te Miao, Jianxiang Huang, Wenzhao Chen, Zixuan Wang, Kai-Ming Leung and 10 more

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Article in Interface focus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19: a systematic review on environmental control measures.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors.

Qun WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-9166-6144
David Christopher LungDepartment of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Pak-To ChanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Wei JiaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Chung-Hin DungDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Te MiaoDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Jianxiang HuangDepartment of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Wenzhao ChenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Zixuan WangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Kai-Ming LeungEnvironmental Protection Department, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Pengcheng XuInstitute of Applied Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Zhang LinDivision of Building Science and Technology, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Daniel WongEstates office, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Herman TseDepartment of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Sally Cheuk Ying WongDepartment of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Garnet Kwan-Yue ChoiDepartment of Pathology, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Kelvin Kai-Wang ToDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Vincent Chi-Chung ChengDepartment of Microbiology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Kwok-Yung YuenDepartment of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
Yuguo LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-2281-4529

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poor housing conditions are known to be associated with infectious diseases such as high Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidences. Transmission causes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in poor housing conditions can be complex. An understanding of the exact mechanism of transmission can help to pinpoint contributing environmental issues. Here, we investigated a Hong Kong COVID-19 outbreak in early 2021 in four traditional Tong Lau houses with subdivided units. There are more than 80 subdivided units of less than 20 m

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building ventilationCOVID-19drainage systempoor housingSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35261729
PMCPMC8831081

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