Related Publications
This page highlights a selection of publications that relate to the themes and topics addressed by the MIST project. These works may have been authored by MIST team members or by other researchers working on similar challenges, such as indoor air quality, mechanical ventilation, airborne infection control, and healthy building environments. The aim is to offer additional perspectives, scientific evidence-based knowledge that complements MIST’s own research and contributes to a broader understanding of the field.
Explore the collection below to discover relevant studies, articles, and reports that help advance knowledge and practice in this important area.
Comparative assessment of airborne infection risk tools in enclosed spaces: Implications for disease control
28 November 2024
Amar Aganovic, Giorgio Buonanno, Guangyu Cao, Christian Delmaar, Jarek Kurnitski, Alex Mikszewski, Lidia Morawska, Lucie C. Vermeulen, Pawel Wargocki
Infectious Disease Modelling. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idm.2024.11.003
Mandating indoor air quality for public buildings
28 March 2024
Lidia Morawska, Joseph Allen, William Bahnfleth, Belinda Bennett, Philomena M. Bluyssen, Atze Boerstra, Giorgio Buonanno, Junji Cao, Stephanie J. Dancer, Andres Floto, Francesco Franchimon et al.,
SCIENCE. doi:10.1126/science.adl0677
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Contracting COVID-19 Derived from Measured and Simulated Aerosol Particle Transmission in Aircraft Cabins
11 March 2024
Jack F. Schijven, Theo van Veen, Christiaan Delmaar, Johan Kos, Lucie Vermeulen, Rui Roosien, et al.
Environmental Health Perspectives, Volume 131, Issue 8, CID: 087011. doi:https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP11495
Bags mediated film atomization in a cough machine
27 July 2023
Pallav Kant, Cesar Pairetti, Youssef Saade, Stéphane Popinet, Stéphane Zaleski, and Detlef Lohse
Phys. Rev. Fluids 8, 074802 (2023) [14 pages]. doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.8.074802
Ventilation and COVID-19 transmission risks on board of Dutch governmental ships.
15 May 2022
Boerstra A.C. & Verlinde M.
Proceedings CLIMA 2022, Rotterdam. doi:10.34641/clima.2022.175
Stability of respiratory-like droplets under evaporation
28 February 2022
Carola Seyfert, Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Detlef Lohse, and Alvaro Marin
Phys. Rev. Fluids 7, 023603 (2022) [12 pages]. doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.023603
Do increased flow rates in displacement ventilation always lead to better results?
10 February 2022
Rui Yang, Chong Shen Ng, Kai Leong Chong, Roberto Verzicco, and Detlef Lohse,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 932 , 10 February 2022 , A3. doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.949
A paradigm shift to combat indoor respiratory infection
14 May 2021
Morawska L., Allen J., Bahnfleth W., Bluyssen P.M., Boerstra A.C., ….., Franchimon F., Loomans M.
SCIENCE, Vol 372, Issue 6543: 689-691. doi:10.1126/science.abg2025
Implications of COVID-19 pandemic for application of natural ventilation
01 March 2021
Van Dijken F. & Boerstra A.C.
REHVA journal 03/2021: 58-63. doi:
Extended lifetime of respiratory droplets in a turbulent vapour puff and its implications on airborne disease transmission
19 January 2021
Kai Leong Chong, Chong Shen Ng, Naoki Hori, Rui Yang, Roberto Verzicco, and Detlef Lohse
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 034502 (2021) [8 pages]. doi:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.034502
Aerosol persistence in relation to possible transmission of SARS-CoV-2
27 October 2020
Smith SH, Somsen GA, van Rijn C, Kooij S, van der Hoek L, Bem RA, Bonn D.
Phys Fluids. 2020, 32(10): 107108. doi:10.1063/5.0027844
Reducing aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital elevators.
23 September 2020
C van Rijn, GA Somsen, L Hofstra, G Dahhan, RA Bem, S Kooij, D Bonn
Indoor air 30 (6), 1065-1066 (2020). doi:10.1111/ina.12744
Small droplet aerosols in poorly ventilated spaces and SARS-CoV-2 transmission
27 May 2020
Somsen GA, van Rijn CJM, Kooij S, Bem RA, Bonn D.
Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jul; 8(7): 658–659.. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30245-9