ReviewBuilding and environment2022
Ventilation strategies to reduce airborne transmission of viruses in classrooms: A systematic review of scientific literature.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Managing infectious aerosols to counter engineered pandemics: Current recommendations and future research.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2025Guideline
- The impact of school-based mitigation measures on the transmission of respiratory pathogens: the case of SARS-CoV-2.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Asymptomatic COVID-19 among university students during the low-risk transmission period.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- School district-wide renovations, indoor environmental quality, and illness absence.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Lifestyle factors or protective behaviors: which are more strongly associated with upper respiratory tract infections after COVID-19? A cross-sectional study of 1,535 Chinese college students.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Determinants of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus transmission.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Factors Affecting Reduction of Infectious Aerosols by Far-UVC and Portable HEPA Air Cleaners.ACS ES&T air · 2025Article
- A CFD study on the effect of portable air cleaner placement on airborne infection control in a classroom.Environmental science. Processes & impacts · 2024Article
- A Retrospective Analysis of Indoor COSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Not surprising: a rebound in antibacterial consumption in Europe, with Cyprus and Greece on the podium.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024Article
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- SchoolAIR: A Citizen Science IoT Framework Using Low-Cost Sensing for Indoor Air Quality Management.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 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
- A CFD-based framework to assess airborne infection risk in buildings.Building and environment · 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
- Indoor Air Quality and COVID-19: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2023Article
- A multi-layered strategy for COVID-19 infection prophylaxis in schools: A review of the evidence for masks, distancing, and ventilation.Indoor air · 2022Review
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Abstract
The recent pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has brought to light the need for strategies to mitigate contagion between human beings. Apart from hygiene measures and social distancing, air ventilation highly prevents airborne transmission within enclosed spaces. Among others, educational environments become critical in strategic planning to control the spread of pathogens and viruses amongst the population, mainly in cold conditions. In the event of a virus outbreak - such as COVID or influenza - many school classrooms still lack the means to guarantee secure and healthy environments. The present review examines school contexts that implement air ventilation strategies to reduce the risk of contagion between students. The analysed articles present past experiences that use either natural or mechanical systems assessed through mathematical models, numerical models, or full-scale experiments. For naturally ventilated classrooms, the studies highlight the importance of the architectural design of educational spaces and propose strategies for aeration control such as CO
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