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ReviewExploration (Beijing, China)2022

Role of bioaerosol in virus transmission and material-based countermeasures.

John Joseph, Helna Mary Baby, Spencer Zhao, Xiang-Ling Li, Krisco-Cheuk Cheung, Kabir Swain, Eli Agus, Sruthi Ranganathan, Jingjing Gao, James N Luo and 1 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Exploration (Beijing, China), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. A Review of Accidental Aerosol Generation in Laboratories and Laboratory-associated Infections.Applied biosafety : journal of the American Biological Safety Association · 2025
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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

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

John JosephCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Helna Mary BabyCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Spencer ZhaoCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Xiang-Ling LiCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Krisco-Cheuk CheungCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Kabir SwainCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Eli AgusCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Sruthi RanganathanCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
Jingjing GaoCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.
James N LuoHarvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA.
Nitin JoshiCenter for Nanomedicine, Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston Massachusetts USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-7611
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory pathogens transmit primarily through particles such as droplets and aerosols. Although often overlooked, the resuspension of settled droplets is also a key facilitator of disease transmission. In this review, we discuss the three main mechanisms of aerosol generation: direct generation such as coughing and sneezing, indirect generation such as medical procedures, and resuspension of settled droplets and aerosols. The size of particles and environmental factors influence their airborne lifetime and ability to cause infection. Specifically, humidity and temperature are key factors controlling the evaporation of suspended droplets, consequently affecting the duration in which particles remain airborne. We also suggest material-based approaches for effective prevention of disease transmission. These approaches include electrostatically charged virucidal agents and surface coatings, which have been shown to be highly effective in deactivating and reducing resuspension of pathogen-laden aerosols.

Indexed as

bioaerosolCOVID‐19nanomaterialrespiratory dropletresuspensionsecondary aerosolization

Identifiers

PMID37324804
PMCPMC10190935
OpenAlexW4281391508

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Registered trials

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