Retrospective analysis of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis outbreak during a flight using computational fluid dynamics and infection risk assessment

Building and Environment

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-57

  Yin, S ^a   Sze To, G N ^b   Chao, Christopher Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aircraft cabin; Computational fluid dynamics; Maximum likelihood estimation; Multi drug resistant tuberculosis; Retrospective analysis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAVELS; AIRFLOW PATTERNS; COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE-RESPONSE MODELS; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INFECTIOUS PARTICLES; LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SOURCE STRENGTH; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

AIR; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT; CABINS (AIRCRAFT); CIVIL AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIRFLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80052812293     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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