Measurement of small droplet aerosol concentrations in public spaces using handheld particle counters

We measure aerosol persistence to assess the risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in public spaces. Direct measurement of aerosol concentrations, however, has proven to be technically difficult; we propose the use of handheld particle counters as a nov...

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Autores principales: Somsen, G. Aernout, van Rijn, Cees J. M., Kooij, Stefan, Bem, Reinout A., Bonn, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AIP Publishing LLC 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33362399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0035701
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description We measure aerosol persistence to assess the risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in public spaces. Direct measurement of aerosol concentrations, however, has proven to be technically difficult; we propose the use of handheld particle counters as a novel and easily applicable method to measure aerosol concentrations. This allows us to perform measurements in typical public spaces, each differing in volume, the number of people, and the ventilation rate. These data are used to estimate the relation between the aerosol persistence time and the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2.
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spelling pubmed-77575742020-12-23 Measurement of small droplet aerosol concentrations in public spaces using handheld particle counters Somsen, G. Aernout van Rijn, Cees J. M. Kooij, Stefan Bem, Reinout A. Bonn, Daniel Phys Fluids (1994) Letters We measure aerosol persistence to assess the risk of transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in public spaces. Direct measurement of aerosol concentrations, however, has proven to be technically difficult; we propose the use of handheld particle counters as a novel and easily applicable method to measure aerosol concentrations. This allows us to perform measurements in typical public spaces, each differing in volume, the number of people, and the ventilation rate. These data are used to estimate the relation between the aerosol persistence time and the risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2. AIP Publishing LLC 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7757574/ /pubmed/33362399 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0035701 Text en © 2020 Author(s) Published under license by AIP Publishing. 1070-6631/2020/32(12)/121707/4/$30.00 All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757574/
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