Can We Diminish Spreading of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Autor:	S. Haber, A. Tsuda
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry Small airways Immunology Indoor bioaerosol Pandemic Medicine respiratory system business Airway Mucus Lung airways
Zdroj:	Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering. 14:11-13
ISSN:	1937-688X 1937-6871
DOI:	10.4236/jbise.2021.141002
Popis:	We hypothesized that liquid menisci occlusions may form inside small airways, travel along the airway while losing mass and finally may disintegrate into bioaerosols. Spreading of the COVID-19 virus is strongly related to the number of such bioaerosols exhaled by “super-spreaders”. We show, employing numerical methods, that this number can be diminished by administering surfactants which lower the surface-tension of the mucus which covers the airways.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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