Quantifying Environmental Mitigation of Aerosol Viral Load in a Controlled Chamber With Participants Diagnosed With Coronavirus Disease 2019.

Hooman ParhizkarLeslie DietzAndreas Olsen-MartinezPatrick F HorveLiliana BarnatanDale NorthcuttKevin G Van Den Wymelenberg

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)

Our findings indicate that building operation practices such as ventilation, filtration, and humidification substantially reduce the environmental aerosol viral load and therefore inhalation dose, and should be prioritized to improve building health and safety.

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