Environmental studies of the spread of respiratory viruses in a large dense urban social network

Professor Li, Yuguo   (Project Coordinator (PC))

Professor Cowling Benjamin John   (Co-principal investigator)

Professor Huang Mingxin   (Co-principal investigator)

Professor Chao Yu Hang Christopher   (Co-Investigator)

Dr Yen Hui-Ling   (Co-principal investigator)

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2017-06-01

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Environmental studies of the spread of respiratory viruses in a large dense urban social network

built environment, fomite transmission, Multi-network transmission, multi-route transmission, surface touch behaviour

Building and Construction,Environmental

Engineering (E)

C7025-16G

Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project

2016

Completed

1. To characterise the surface touch behaviour of people in different indoor environmental settings and the associated surface contamination process; 2. To provide new understanding and quantification of the surface contamination process by direct deposition due to respiratory activities, and surface resuspension; 3. To provide new understanding of virus survival from the release of bio-aerosols to fomite formation on high-touch surfaces as affected by major environmental parameters; 4. To develop a triple-route and quadruple-route disease transmission model and explore environment-related transmission and interventions in a large and dense urban social network.