Airborne

A team of researchers led by Sander Herfst from Erasmus University Medical Center in The Netherlands suggests severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) could spread through the air at a one-meter distance and cause…

Army scientists evaluated three nonhuman primate species as potential models of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection, according to results published online this week in PLOS ONE. Their work demonstrates that any of these species may be useful…

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Even before the new COVID-19 variants hit Ontario, health care worker infections were dangerously high, doubling in the last three months to over 16,000, the Ontario government’s own data shows. In 2020 for the…

A team of scientists recently revealed that inside a closed room, the chance of airborne SARS-CoV-2 infection directly depends on the number of symptomatic COVID-19 patients in the room and the duration of exposure. Source link

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Breakthrough technology helps target the inactivation of aerosolized viruses like seasonal coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2 Source link

Keith Wyatt, managing director of UV Clean Light, explains why we need to concentrate on sterilising the air in dental practices before we can return to normal. Earlier this month, Eddie Crouch, BDA chair, appeared on BBC Breakfast…

Now, a team of researchers at the University of Maryland presented a simple approach that can potentially provide information about the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the atmosphere at any location. Source link

At a University of Maryland lab, people infected with the new coronavirus take turns sitting in a chair and putting their faces into the big end of a large cone. They recite the alphabet and sing or just sit quietly for a half hour.…

Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at the University of California, Davis, show that they do cut down the amount of aerosolized particles emitted during breathing, talking and coughing. Source link

Early on in the pandemic, it was thought that the virus was only spread via respiratory droplets. However, scientific research soon showed it also to be an airborne virus. Now, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

Now that we know more about how coronavirus is transmitted, can you really catch COVID-19 from touching a cereal box you bought at the supermarket, or a package delivered to your door? Source link

Related Articles Topographic aspects of airborne contamination caused by the use of dental handpieces in the operative environment. J Am Dent Assoc. 2020 Sep;151(9):660-667 Authors: Ionescu AC, Cagetti…

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Scientists have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients when they speak and breathe, but until now there was no proof that these tiny particles are infectious. Source link…

More than 200 scientists called on the World Health Organization to update its guidance on COVID-19 to add evidence that the novel coronavirus can stay in the air for long and infect people. Source link

Coronavirus transmission is becoming more and more controversial as experts continue to ponder on how the fatal virus really spreads from person to person. Source link

A scientist who studies aerosols says everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air. Source link

Airborne is defined as transmission or transported by air. In medical and dental terms airborne is when a pathogen like bacteria, fungi or virus is transmitted through the air. It moves through the air as aerosols not inside droplets.…

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak is making it clear that the world needs innovative new tools for slowing the spread of infections. While there are a number of well-known methods of disinfection that are being employed, the air…

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak is making it clear that the world needs innovative new tools for slowing the spread of infections. While there are a number of well-known methods of disinfection that are being employed, the air…