SARS-CoV-2 Droplet and Airborne Transmission Heterogeneity.

ABSTRACT: The spread dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have not yet been fully understood after two years of the pandemic. The virus's global spread represented a unique scenario for advancing infectious disease research. Consequently, mechanistic epidemiological theories were quickly dismissed, and more attention was paid to other approaches that considered heterogeneity in the spread. One of the most critical advances in aerial pathogens transmission was the global acceptance of the airborne model, where the airway is presented as the epicenter of the spread of the disease. Although the aerodynamics and persistence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the air have been extensively studied, the actual probability of contagion is still unknown. In this work, the individual heterogeneity in the transmission of

SUBMITTER: Baselga M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099777 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature