As public health teams respond to the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
containment and understanding of the modes of severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Background Historically, human monkeypox virus cases in the UK have been limited to imported
infections from west Africa. Currently, the UK and several other countries are reporting a …

Objective: The concept of aerosol transmission is developed to resolve limitations in conventional
definitions of airborne and droplet transmission. Methods: The method was literature …

We read with interest the article published in this journal by Pezzati et al. on the use of rapid
lateral flow assays to detect antibodies induced by vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 …

The relative contribution of four influenza virus exposure pathways—(1) virus‐contaminated
hand contact with facial membranes, (2) inhalation of respirable cough particles, (3) …

Background Accurate antibody tests are essential to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Lateral flow immunoassays (LFIAs) can deliver testing at scale. However, reported …

During the doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE), pathogens can be transferred from
the PPE to the bodies of healthcare workers (HCWs), putting HCWs and patients at risk of …

The routes of COVID-19 transmission to healthcare personnel from infected patients is the
subject of debate, but is critical to the selection of personal protective equipment. The …

Background Health-care workers constitute a high-risk population for acquisition of severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Capacity for acute …

Exposure to benzene, an important industrial chemical and component of gasoline, is a widely
recognized cause of leukemia, but its association with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is …