The Myth of Air Purifier in Mitigating the Transmission Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly infectious disease that emerged in December of 2019, threatening human health and leading to global public health crises. Airborne transmission via droplets and aerosol has been recently recognized as one of the infect...

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Published in:	Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Main Authors:	Lip Huat Saw, Bey Fen Leo, Chin Yik Lin, Norfilza Mohd Mokhtar, Sawal Hamid Md Ali, Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2022-01-01
Subjects:	COVID-19 Airborne Virus transmission Air purifier Computational fluid dynamic
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.210213

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