Bioaerosol research: Yesterday, today and tomorrow

Hygroscopic Properties of 11 Pollen Species in China

“…Primary biological aerosol particles (PBAPs) are of scientific and public concerns as a result of their effects on human health, climate, and ecosystems, − and their annual emission flux is estimated to be 10–1000 Tg . Pollen, whose size typically varies between 10 and 100 μm, is one of the most abundant PBAPs, and its emission flux and atmospheric concentrations are around 47–84 Tg year –1 and 10–1000 particles m –3 . , Figure depicts the emission, transport, and impacts of pollen.…”

A Robot Assisted High-flow Portable Cyclone Sampler for Bacterial and SARS-CoV-2 Aerosols

“…Previously, as the world leading authority, the World Health Organization, has not recognized the importance of aerosol exposure of SARS-CoV-2 despite of vast amount of evidences emerging (WHO, 2020a;2020b;Prather et al, 2020). The dispute or discrepancy is partially due to the use of different terminologies on one hand by different disciplines (WHO, 2020a;2020b;Prather et al, 2020;Wilson et al, 2020); and the other hand the available qualified techniques or methods for biological aerosol studies are fewer or not readily available, and many of them are very outdated (Chen and Yao, 2018;Zheng et al, 2018). All these problems contribute to the difficulty of studying the critical scientific questions in bioaerosol field (Mainelis, 2020), including airborne transmission of COVID-19.…”

香山科学会议点亮生物气溶胶研究

“…为了进一步推动生物气溶胶领域军民融合、国内高校间的合作, 厘清关 键科学与技术问题, 北京大学要茂盛教授、张远航院士、火箭军工程大学侯 立安院士和陆军防化学院黄顺祥教授作为执行主席, 于 2017 年 6 月 29~30 日 组织召开了以"生物气溶胶与人类健康、国家生物安全及大气污染"为主题的 第 600 次香山科学会议(图 1). 通过此次会议,《科学通报》组织来自相关领域 内科研人员撰写 7 篇综述文章, 分别对生物气溶胶的过去、现在和未来 [1] 、大 气污染与防治 [2] 、空调通风系统对室内微生物气溶胶的影响 [3] 、呼吸道气溶胶 传染致病机理及预测方法 [4] 、灰霾污染大气微生物气溶胶特性 [5] 、生命早期环 境污染暴露对学龄前儿童过敏与感染风险的影响 [6] , 以及大气颗粒物生物化 学组分的促炎症效应 [7] , 展开了详细论述. 专家指出, 生物气溶胶影响广泛, 只有加强不同学科交叉合作才能有望使得其研究迈上新的台阶 [1] .…”

“…通过此次会议,《科学通报》组织来自相关领域 内科研人员撰写 7 篇综述文章, 分别对生物气溶胶的过去、现在和未来 [1] 、大 气污染与防治 [2] 、空调通风系统对室内微生物气溶胶的影响 [3] 、呼吸道气溶胶 传染致病机理及预测方法 [4] 、灰霾污染大气微生物气溶胶特性 [5] 、生命早期环 境污染暴露对学龄前儿童过敏与感染风险的影响 [6] , 以及大气颗粒物生物化 学组分的促炎症效应 [7] , 展开了详细论述. 专家指出, 生物气溶胶影响广泛, 只有加强不同学科交叉合作才能有望使得其研究迈上新的台阶 [1] . 对于大气 污染的有效防治, 学者指出应将大气污染物毒性与健康风险直接关联 [2] .…”