Fate of respiratory droplets in tropical vs temperate environments and implications for SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
COVID-19
Pandemic
Respiratory droplets
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission
Journal
Medical hypotheses
ISSN: 1532-2777
Titre abrégé: Med Hypotheses
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505668
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
11
05
2020
revised:
30
05
2020
accepted:
04
06
2020
pubmed:
24
6
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
24
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The new pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 has shown stark differences in number of affected patients between countries in the tropics and those with temperate environments. Though there have been many theories on reasons for these differences, we hypothesise that this could be due to differences in the fate of respiratory droplets in the two environments. A simple understanding of the mechanics of droplet size, dispersion and displacement could help infection control and public health measures to minimize spread and mitigate the risk of people getting infected especially in hotspots like hospital environments or other closed spaces. This paper discusses the possibility of differences in number of infections and spread between different countries based on the spread of droplets.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32575016
pii: S0306-9877(20)31255-X
doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109958
pmc: PMC7282739
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109958Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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