Evidence of airborne transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus.

By I. Yu, Yuguo Li, T. Wong, W. Tam, Andy T. Chan, J. H. Lee, Dennis Y. C. Leung, T. Ho. New England Journal of Medicine, 2004

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Subfields: Infectious Diseases, Modeling and Simulation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) (2020, background): “Although respiratory aerosol spread was initially controversial, a committee of the National Academy of Sciences has subsequently concluded there is some limited evidence that it is also spread by respiratory aerosols [27-35]; other evidence of aerosol spread is rapidly accruing, with increasing opi”
Role of ventilation in airborne transmission of infectious agents in the built environment - a multidisciplinary systematic review. (2007, methodology): “The studies by Yu et al. (2004) and Li et al. (2005b) on the Amoy Gardens Block E SARS outbreak did not present any experimental measurements.”
Contamination, Disinfection, and Cross-Colonization: Are Hospital Surfaces Reservoirs for Nosocomial Infection? (2004, neutral): “An outbreak in an apartment complex in Hong Kong may have been the result of fecal-oral transmission combined with environmental contamination [15], although the results of a modeling approach suggested an airborne mode of transmission [41].”
Mathematical models of infectious disease transmission (2008, background): “For example, the 'superspreading' event that led to various secondary severe acute respiratory syndrome (saRs) infections among residents of the amoy Gardens estate in Hong Kong in 2003 was the result of unusual environmental conditions and airflow dynamics that spread the virus through aerosolized ”
Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission and Pathogenesis (2020, neutral): “epidemic, but the inconsistency of these findings in other settings suggested that SARS-CoV was an opportunistic airborne infection [43,58].”
Atmospheric Movement of Microorganisms in Clouds of Desert Dust and Implications for Human Health (2007, background): “Evidence of longer-range transmission (building to building) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus has been documented (262), but what about even longer-range transmission? Is there a range limit with various human viral pathogens that are transmitted through the air? How does the limit var”
Factors involved in the aerosol transmission of infection and control of ventilation in healthcare premises (2006, background): “The 2003 SARS epidemics also revealed iatrogenic and environmental factors that might contribute to producing virusladen aerosols, such as those produced by nebulizers, tracheostomies,bronchoscopies, and, in the Amoy Gardens outbreak, a defective sewage system.(4,5)”
Startups in times of crisis – A rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, neutral): “[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] The basic reproduction number (R 0 ) for this infection, given variable host and environmental factors, is estimated in the initial outbreak to be between 2.2 and 3.6 (number of cases generated after exposure to one patient), 11 which is similar to SARS-CoV but higher than MERS-”
A Review of SARS-CoV-2 and the Ongoing Clinical Trials (2020, background): “Transmission • Respiratory droplets • Close contact with diseased patients • Fecal-oral • Aerosol [26] • Respiratory droplets • Close contact with diseased patients/camels • Ingestion of camel milk • Respiratory droplets • Close contact with diseased patients • Possibly fecal-oral [7] • Possibly aer”
Estimation of airborne viral emission: Quanta emission rate of SARS-CoV-2 for infection risk assessment (2020, neutral): “In particular, (Watanabe et al., 2010) estimated the SARS-CoV infectious doses received by residents in Amoy Gardens, Hong Kong (Li et al., 2005; Yu et al., 2004) corresponding to a ci variable in the 0.01–0.1 range.”
ACE2 Receptor Expression and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection Depend on Differentiation of Human Airway Epithelia (2005, background): “is transmitted by respiratory droplets (49).”
It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 (2020, background): “ A retrospective study (Yu et al.(5)) analyzed the spatial patterns of a community outbreak of SARS-CoV-1 in Hong Kong and the authors concluded that airborne transmission may explain the pattern of cases.”
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus as an Agent of Emerging and Reemerging Infection (2007, background): “Contaminated aerosols generated in toilets by exhaust fans coupled with dried U traps of sewage drains, which ascended the light well connecting different floors, caused an explosive outbreak affecting hundreds of people (71, 405).”
Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary (2019, background): “For SARS-CoV, several thorough epidemiological studies that include retrospective airflow tracer investigations are consistent with the hypothesis of an airborne transmission route [39] [40] [41] .”