Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks

Peng, Zhe; Pineda Rojas, A.L.; Kropff, Emilio; P. Bahnfleth, William; Buonanno, Giorgio; J. Dancer, Stephanie; Kurnitski, Jarek; Li, Yichen; Loomans, Marcel; C. Marr, Linsey; Morawska, Lídia; W. Nazaroff, William; J. Noakes, Catherine; Querol, Xavier; Sekhar, Chandra; Tellier, Raymond; Greenhalgh, Trisha; Bourouiba, Lydia; Boerstra, Atze; W. Tang, Julian; L. Miller, Shelly; L. Jiménez, J.

doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c06531

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Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks

Published in Environmental Science & Technology • Jan 5, 2022

Authors:

Zhe Peng

A.L. Pineda Rojas

Emilio Kropff

Abstract

). They combine the key factors that control airborne disease transmission indoors: virus-containing aerosol generation rate, breathing flow rate, masking and its quality, ventilation and aerosol-removal rates, number of occupants, and duration of exposure. COVID-19 outbreaks show a clear trend that...

Subject

Outbreak

Airborne transmission

Transmission (telecommunications)

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