Shared Air: A Renewed Focus on Ventilation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Transmission

Eugene T Richardson, Carl Morrow, Darryl B. Kalil, Linda‐Gail Bekker, Robin Wood

PLoS ONE · 2014 · 79 citations · 30 references

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Abstract

Given the high smear positive rate of high-school adolescents in South Africa, the proposal to achieve CO2 levels of 1000 ppm through natural ventilation (in the amount 12 ACH) will not only help achieve WHO guidelines for providing children with healthy indoor environments, it will also provide a low-cost intervention for helping control the TB epidemic in areas of high prevalence.

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