Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment - a multidisciplinary systematic review.

Y, Li; GM, Leung; JW, Tang; X, Yang; CY, Chao; JZ, Lin; JW, Lu; PV, Nielsen; J, Niu; H, Qian; AC, Sleigh; HJ, Su; J, Sundell; TW, Wong; PL, Yuen

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0668.2006.00445.x

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Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment - a multidisciplinary systematic review.

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Li Y

Leung GM

Tang JW

Abstract

There have been few recent studies demonstrating a definitive association between the transmission of airborne infections and the ventilation of buildings. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003 and current concerns about the risk of an avian influenza (H5N1) pandemic, have ma...

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