Open Access2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Built Environment Considerations To Reduce Transmission
Author(s) -
Leslie Dietz,
Patrick F. Horve,
David A. Coil,
Mark Fretz,
Jonathan A. Eisen,
Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
msystems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.931
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 2379-5077
DOI - 10.1128/msystems.00245-20
Subject(s) - pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , social distance , covid-19 , business , coronavirus , public health , environmental health , environmental planning , infectious disease (medical specialty) , public relations , disease , geography , medicine , political science , engineering , telecommunications , nursing , pathology
With the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that results in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), corporate entities, federal, state, county, and city governments, universities, school districts, places of worship, prisons, health care facilities, assisted living organizations, daycares, homeowners, and other building owners and occupants have an opportunity to reduce the potential for transmission through built environment (BE)-mediated pathways. Over the last decade, substantial research into the presence, abundance, diversity, function, and transmission of microbes in the BE has taken place and revealed common pathogen exchange pathways and mechanisms.
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