Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection transmission risk in public buses.

ABSTRACT: Public transport environments are thought to play a key role in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide. Indeed, high crowding indexes (i.e. high numbers of people relative to the vehicle size), inadequate clean air supply, and frequent extended exposure durations make transport environments potential hotspots for transmission of respiratory infections. During the COVID-19 pandemic, generic mitigation measures (e.g. physical distancing) have been applied without also considering the airborne transmission route. This is due to the lack of quantified data about airborne contagion risk in transport environments. In this study, we apply a novel combination of close proximity and room-scale risk assessment approaches for people sharing public transport environments to predict their contagion risk du

SUBMITTER: Bertone M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006420 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature