Mubareka Samira, Groulx Nicolas, Savory Eric, Cutts Todd, Theriault Steven, Scott James A, Roy Chad J, Turgeon Nathalie, Bryce Elizabeth, Astrakianakis George, Kirychuk Shelley, Girard Matthieu, Kobinger Gary, Zhang Chao, Duchaine Caroline
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Front Public Health. 2019 Feb 21;7:23. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00023. eCollection 2019.
The transmission of infectious microbes via bioaerosols is of significant concern for both human and animal health. However, gaps in our understanding of respiratory pathogen transmission and methodological heterogeneity persist. New developments have enabled progress in this domain, and one of the major turning points has been the recognition that cross-disciplinary collaborations across spheres of human and animal health, microbiology, biophysics, engineering, aerobiology, infection control, public health, occupational health, and industrial hygiene are essential. Collaborative initiatives support advances in topics such as bioaerosol behavior, dispersion models, risk assessment, risk/exposure effects, and mitigation strategies in clinical, experimental, agricultural, and other field settings. There is a need to enhance the knowledge translation for researchers, stakeholders, and private partners to support a growing network of individuals and agencies to achieve common goals to mitigate inter- and intra-species pathogen transmission via bioaerosols.
传染性微生物通过生物气溶胶传播对人类和动物健康都至关重要。然而，我们对呼吸道病原体传播的理解存在差距，方法的异质性也依然存在。新的进展推动了该领域的进步，其中一个主要转折点是认识到跨人类和动物健康、微生物学、生物物理学、工程学、空气生物学、感染控制、公共卫生、职业健康以及工业卫生等领域的跨学科合作至关重要。合作倡议支持了生物气溶胶行为、扩散模型、风险评估、风险/暴露影响以及临床、实验、农业和其他实地环境中的缓解策略等主题的进展。有必要加强对研究人员、利益相关者和私人合作伙伴的知识转化，以支持一个不断壮大的个人和机构网络，实现通过生物气溶胶减轻种间和种内病原体传播的共同目标。
