Potential impact of a ventilation intervention for influenza in the context of a dense indoor contact network in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 569-570, Issue , 2016, Pages 373-381

  Gao, Xiaolei ^a   Wei, Jianjian ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building ventilation; Influenza; Partially airborne route; Urban contact network

Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION;

AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION; BUILDING VENTILATIONS; CONTACT NETWORKS; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE MODELING; INFLUENZA; PARTIALLY AIRBORNE ROUTE; SUSCEPTIBLE-EXPOSED-INFECTIOUS-RECOVERED;

VENTILATION;

BUILDING; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLUENZA; URBAN AREA; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; EPIDEMIC; HONG KONG; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; VENTILATION;

EID: 84975853473     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.179     Document Type: Article

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