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Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions

Lydia Bourouiba

JAMA · 2020 · 1.1K citations · 5 references

Abstract

This JAMA Insights Clinical Update discusses the need to better understand the dynamics of respiratory disease transmission by better characterizing transmission routes, the role of patient physiology in shaping them, and best approaches for source control in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.

References

5

Air, Surface Environmental, and Personal Protective Equipment Contamination by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) From a Symptomatic Patient

Sean Wei Xiang Ong, Yian Kim Tan, Po Ying Chia et al. · JAMA · 2020 · 2.3K citations · Full text

Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Air Pollution +16

Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing

Lydia Bourouiba, Eline Dehandschoewercker, John W. M. Bush · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2014 · 860 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Atmospheric Science +16

Visualization of sneeze ejecta: steps of fluid fragmentation leading to respiratory droplets

Barry Scharfman, Alexandra H. Techet, John W. M. Bush et al. · Experiments in Fluids · 2016 · 306 citations · Full text

Computing, Visualization, Scientific Visualization +2

A cluster randomized clinical trial comparing fit-tested and non-fit-tested N95 respirators to medical masks to prevent respiratory virus infection in health care workers

C. Raina MacIntyre, Quanyi Wang, Simon Cauchemez et al. · Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses · 2011 · 267 citations · Full text

Nursing, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine +17

Lydia Bourouiba · New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 110 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Microbiology, Aerodynamics +13