TY - JOUR
T1 - COVID-19 and public transport
T2 - An overview and recommendations applicable to Latin America
AU - Collaborative Modeling Group on Mobility and COVID-19
AU - Pardo, Carlos Felipe
AU - Zapata-Bedoya, Silvana
AU - Ramirez-Varela, Andrea
AU - Ramirez-Corrales, Daniel
AU - Espinosa-Oviedo, Jairo José
AU - Hidalgo, Darío
AU - Rojas, Nestor
AU - González-Uribe, Catalina
AU - García, Juan David
AU - Cucunubá, Zulma M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Asociacion Colombiana de Infectologia. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The article presents a general overview on COVID-19 transmission in the context of public transport, particularly applicable to decision making in Latin America. Based on recent findings on COVID-19 transmission and the relative importance of each factor (droplets, fomites, and aerosol routes) in such transmission, we seek to update the discussion on the topic that has generally been based on social distance as the only parameter for reducing the risk of transmission and broadens the vision to integrate ventilation, users' behavior (mask and eye protection use, silence while in the transport system) and travel distance. Recommendations to improve mobility conditions reducing the risk of COVID-19 contagion are provided.
AB - The article presents a general overview on COVID-19 transmission in the context of public transport, particularly applicable to decision making in Latin America. Based on recent findings on COVID-19 transmission and the relative importance of each factor (droplets, fomites, and aerosol routes) in such transmission, we seek to update the discussion on the topic that has generally been based on social distance as the only parameter for reducing the risk of transmission and broadens the vision to integrate ventilation, users' behavior (mask and eye protection use, silence while in the transport system) and travel distance. Recommendations to improve mobility conditions reducing the risk of COVID-19 contagion are provided.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099678646&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.22354/IN.V25I3.944
DO - 10.22354/IN.V25I3.944
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85099678646
SN - 0123-9392
VL - 25
SP - 182
EP - 188
JO - Infectio
JF - Infectio
IS - 3
ER -
