SARS-CoV-2 indoor air transmission is a threat that can be addressed with science

Affiliations

¹ Office of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045; Jon.Samet@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
³ Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
⁴ Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.
⁵ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
⁷ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001.
⁸ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Jonathan M Samet et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 9;118(45):e2116155118.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2116155118.

¹ Office of the Dean, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO 80045; Jon.Samet@cuanschutz.edu.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
³ Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
⁴ Department of Environmental, Agricultural & Occupational Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198.
⁵ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
⁷ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC 20001.
⁸ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

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