Impact of Ventilation on Respiratory Virus Transmission in College Residence Hall Cohorts: Potential for Causal Inference About Mode of Transmission
Future college dorm transmission studies should prioritize enrolling roommates rather than individuals, measuring ventilation, and confirming transmission events through whole genome sequencing.
Authors
- Donald K. Milton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-7834)
- Kathleen McPhaul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7008-142X)
- Jianyu Lai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-0138)
- Jelena Srebric (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6825-5091)
- Irina Maljkovic Berry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8555-5352)
- T. Louis Gold
- Todd J. Treangen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3760-564X)
- Filbert Hong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2289-5119)
- Lin Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-2085)
- Ryan Doughty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8355-0926)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Rice University (US)
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.70133
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Advanced Research Projects Agency