AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION VIA HVAC OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN MILITARY FACILITIES?Review of a Basic Training Cohort Study

作     者：Liv Haselbach James Hussey Charles E.Feigley James R.Hebert Duvel W.White Andrew Lawson 

作者机构：Civil and Environmental EngineeringWashington State UniversityPullmanWA 99164-2910 Arnold School of Public HealthUniversity of South CarolinaColumbiaSC29208 Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesBethesdaMD20814 

出 版 物：《Journal of Green Building》 (绿色建筑学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2009年第4卷第1期

页      面：114-120页

学科分类：0809[工学-电子科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 08[工学] 

基　　金：supported by the U.S.Army Medical Research and Materiel Command under Contract No.W81XWH-07-C-0054 

主　　题：indoor air quality HVAC acute respiratory infections 

摘      要：There is great interest in preventing the spread of acute respiratory infections(ARI)in military housing and in other facilities with multiple occupants such as *** has been some research on the mode of transmission of ARIs in these types of occupancies,with several studies focusing on direct and indirect *** study,based on several barracks at the largest basic training facility for the Army in the United States,investigates the role of airborne transmission via heating,ventilating and air conditioning(HVAC)systems as compared to a combination of airborne,indirect contact and direct contact transmission in a *** results indicate that there is a significant increase in the number of cases which might be attributable to airborne transmission via HVAC systems in several situations,both for ARIs that required hospitalization,and those which did not.