Minimum Size of Respiratory Droplets Containing SARS-CoV-2 and Aerosol Transmission Possibility

Byung Uk Lee

doi:10.20944/preprints202004.0317.v1

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Minimum Size of Respiratory Droplets Containing SARS-CoV-2 and Aerosol Transmission Possibility

Byung Uk Lee^*

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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17(19), 6960. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17196960

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18 April 2020

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Abstract

A short review of several important studies was conducted to evaluate the potential of aerosol transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The minimum droplet size containing the SARS-CoV-2 virus was estimated and analyzed in this review.

Keywords:

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

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COVID19

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

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bioaerosol

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aerosol

Subject:

Medicine and Pharmacology - Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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