Aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 exposure assessment: dispersion modeling with AERMOD.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is now a pandemic and the knowledge gap on SARS-CoV-2, i.e., the COVID-19 disease agent, dispersion persists. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests fomites may not be the main route through which the novel coronavirus spreads. Supporting the same view, the latest the World Health Organization report recommends wearing masks for every individual in public, highlighting the transmission through the air. In the current study AERMOD, one of the most validated and tested models suggested by the USEPA, is used to model SARS-CoV-2-laden PM₁₀ in a hypothetical outdoor environment. Multiple scenarios including particle size, wind speed, source height variations as well as and combined scenarios were modeled to estimated how exposure risk changes with the abo

SUBMITTER: Rezaali M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801778 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature