Aerodynamic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in two Wuhan hospitals

Nature

Volumn 582, Issue 7813, 2020, Pages 557-560

  Liu, Yuan ^a   Ning, Zhi ^b   Chen, Yu ^a   Guo, Ming ^a   Liu, Yingle ^a   Gali, Nirmal Kumar ^b   Sun, Li ^b   Duan, Yusen ^c   Cai, Jing ^d   Westerdahl, Dane ^b   Liu, Xinjin ^a   Xu, Ke ^a   Ho, Kin fai ^e   Kan, Haidong ^d   Fu, Qingyan ^c   Lan, Ke ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

AERODYNAMICS; AEROSOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIVITY; PARTICLE SETTLING; PARTICLE SIZE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SANITATION; VIRAL DISEASE;

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARANTINE; ROOM VENTILATION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; SURFACE AREA; BATHROOM EQUIPMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHEMISTRY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASK; PANDEMIC; PATIENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; WORKPLACE;

CHINA; HUBEI; WUHAN;

CORONAVIRUS; SARS CORONAVIRUS;

AEROSOLS; BATHROOM EQUIPMENT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROWDING; DISINFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASKS; MEDICAL STAFF; PANDEMICS; PATIENTS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; RNA, VIRAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VENTILATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85084002242     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2271-3     Document Type: Article

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