Particle and aerosol research (한국입자에어로졸학회지)

Korean Association for Particle and Aerosol Research (한국입자에어로졸학회)
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Review of Recent Studies on the Airborne Infection

국내외 공기감염 분야 연구동향

  • Kwon, Soon-Bark (Railroad Environment Research Department, Korea Railroad Research Institute (KRRI)) ;
  • Kim, Chang-Soo (Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
  • 권순박 (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실) ;
  • 김창수 (연세대학교 의과대학 예방의학과)
  • Received : 2010.04.26
  • Accepted : 2010.06.21
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Several studies have suggested the possibility of airborne transmission of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, pandemic influenza. because the number of patients increases explosively, if infectious disease had a high basic reproduction number, pharmaceutical interventions such as vaccination, chemoprophylaxis in the early stage of epidemic. Thus, non-pharmaceutical interventions such as mask-wearing, installing air cleaners, school closure are important to control and prevent the infectious diseases. However, the current technology on the mask, air cleaning, ventilation, and etc., seems to be not originated from the understanding of infection via airborne transmission. It is important to estimate the aerodynamic behavior of saliva droplets by coughing or speaking in order to understand the phenomena of airborne infection. In addition, the prediction of transmission of infectious diseases through the air is critical to prevent or minimize the damage of infection. In this review, we reviewed the recent studies on the airborne infection by focusing on the aerodynamic characteristics of saliva droplets and modeling of airborne transmission.

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