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The crucial role of wiping in decontamination of high-touch environmental surfaces: Review of current status and directions for the future by Sattar, Syed A., PhD, Maillard, Jean-Yves, PhD

“…The testing and label claims of disinfectants to wipe high-touch environmental surfaces rarely reflect their field use where contact times are in seconds with…”
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Generic aspects of the airborne spread of human pathogens indoors and emerging air decontamination technologies by Ijaz, M. Khalid, DVM, MSc(Honors), PhD, Zargar, Bahram, BSc Engg, MSc Engg, PhD, Wright, Kathryn E., MA, MSc, PhD, Rubino, Joseph R., BA, MA, Sattar, Syed A., MSc, Dip Bact, MS, PhD

“…Highlights • Indoor air is an important vehicle for a variety of human pathogens. • Review of airborne transmission of infectious agents from experimental and…”
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Promises and pitfalls of recent advances in chemical means of preventing the spread of nosocomial infections by environmental surfaces by Sattar, Syed A., PhD

“…Hard, nonporous environmental surfaces in health care settings are now receiving due recognition for their role in the spread of several types of nosocomial…”
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Potential Role of Oral Rinses Targeting the Viral Lipid Envelope in SARS-CoV-2 Infection by O'Donnell, Valerie B, Thomas, David, Stanton, Richard, Maillard, Jean-Yves, Murphy, Robert C, Jones, Simon A, Humphreys, Ian, Wakelam, Michael J O, Fegan, Christopher, Wise, Matt P, Bosch, Albert, Sattar, Syed A

“…Emerging studies increasingly demonstrate the importance of the throat and salivary glands as sites of virus replication and transmission in early COVID-19…”
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Methods to assess environmental surface disinfectants against viruses: the quest and recommendations for a globally harmonized approach to microbicide testing by Sattar, Syed A., Zargar, Bahram, Tetro, Jason

“…Viruses pose a wide-ranging and significant risk to human health through acute and persistent infections that may confer risks for sequelae including…”
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Decontamination of indoor air to reduce the risk of airborne infections: Studies on survival and inactivation of airborne pathogens using an aerobiology chamber by Sattar, Syed A., PhD, Kibbee, Richard J., MLT, Zargar, Bahram, PhD, Wright, Kathryn E., PhD, Rubino, Joseph R., MA, Ijaz, M. Khalid, PhD

“…Highlights • We built a test chamber conforming to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's guide on studying pathogens in indoor air. • Bacteria (in soil…”
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Indoor air as a vehicle for human pathogens: Introduction, objectives, and expectation of outcome by Sattar, Syed A., MSc, Dip Bact, MS, PhD

“…Highlights • Introduction to aerobiology and the significance of indoor air as a vehicle for human pathogens. • Potential negative health impacts from…”
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Is it time to re-evaluate exposure risks to quaternary ammonium compounds as disinfectants? by Tetro, Jason A., Alderson, Faraz A., Sattar, Syed A.

“…•The use of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) as disinfectants has increased exponentially due to the COVID-19 pandemic.•There is, thus, a corresponding…”
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In vivo comparison of two human norovirus surrogates for testing ethanol-based handrubs: the mouse chasing the cat by Sattar, Syed A, Ali, Mohammad, Tetro, Jason A

“…Human noroviruses (HuNoV), a major cause of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, cannot be readily cultured in the lab. Therefore, a feline calicivirus (FCV) is…”
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The Determination of the Rapid and Effective Activity of an Air Sanitizer against Aerosolized Bacteria Using a Room-Sized Aerobiology Chamber by Zargar, Bahram, Ijaz, M Khalid, Kevek, Anthony, Miller, Mark, McKinney, Julie, Sattar, Syed A

“…Air sanitization is an important non-pharmaceutical intervention for mitigating the risk of indoor pathogen spreading. A dipropylene glycol-containing air…”
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Improved Inactivation of Nonenveloped Enteric Viruses and Their Surrogates by a Novel Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer by Macinga, David R, Sattar, Syed A, Jaykus, Lee-Ann, Arbogast, James W

“…Norovirus is the leading cause of food-related illness in the United States, and contamination of ready-to-eat items by food handlers poses a high risk for…”
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Workshop on “The Role of Indoor Air as a Vehicle for Human Pathogens”: A Panel Discussion by Sattar, Syed A., MSc, Dip Bact, MS, PhD

“…The primary objective of this panel discussion was to seek input on the following 3 questions from the speakers at the workshop. Comments and questions were…”
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Environmental dissemination of respiratory viruses: dynamic interdependencies of respiratory droplets, aerosols, aerial particulates, environmental surfaces, and contribution of viral re-aerosolization by Ijaz, M Khalid, Sattar, Syed A, Nims, Raymond W, Boone, Stephanie A, McKinney, Julie, Gerba, Charles P

“…During the recent pandemic of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), influential public health agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for…”
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Combating SARS-CoV-2: leveraging microbicidal experiences with other emerging/re-emerging viruses by Ijaz, M Khalid, Sattar, Syed A, Rubino, Joseph R, Nims, Raymond W, Gerba, Charles P

“…The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan City, China, late in December 2019 is an example of an emerging zoonotic…”
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of bacterial distribution in an aerobiology chamber using computational fluid dynamics by Zargar, Bahram, BSc(Engg), MSc(Engg), PhD, Kashkooli, Farshad M., BSc(Engg), MSc(Engg), Soltani, M., BSc(Engg), MSc(Engg), PhD, Wright, Kathryn E., MA, MSc, PhD, Ijaz, M. Khalid, DVM, MSc(Honors), PhD, Sattar, Syed A., MSc, Dip Bact, MS, PhD

“…Highlights • Identified an appropriate fan, its speed, angle and location inside the chamber for uniform distribution of microbes introduced into the air. •…”
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Use of a Mixture of Surrogates for Infectious Bioagents in a Standard Approach to Assessing Disinfection of Environmental Surfaces by Sabbah, Safaa, Springthorpe, Susan, Sattar, Syed A

“…We used a mixture of surrogates (Acinetobacter baumannii, Mycobacterium terrae, hepatitis A virus, and spores of Geobacillus stearothermophilus) for bioagents…”
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The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The good, the bad and the ugly by Sattar, Syed A.

“…The initial and tardy response of global public health agencies to the pandemic was not altogether surprising when faced with a brand new virus, which has…”
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The Role of Indoor Air as a Vehicle for Human Pathogens: Summary of Presentations, Knowledge Gaps, and Directions for the Future by Sattar, Syed A., MSc, Dip Bact, MS, PhD, Ijaz, M. Khalid, DVM, MSc(Honors), PhD

“…This 1-day international workshop on the role of indoor air in the spread of human pathogens comprised 6 invited presentations that were selected to meet a set…”
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Ultrasensitive norovirus detection using DNA aptasensor technology by Giamberardino, Amanda, Labib, Mahmoud, Hassan, Eman M, Tetro, Jason A, Springthorpe, Susan, Sattar, Syed A, Berezovski, Maxim V, DeRosa, Maria C

“…DNA aptamers were developed against murine norovirus (MNV) using SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment). Nine rounds of SELEX led to…”
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Identification by Quantitative Carrier Test of Surrogate Spore-Forming Bacteria To Assess Sporicidal Chemicals for Use against Bacillus anthracis by Majcher, Miles R, Bernard, Kathryn A, Sattar, Syed A

“…The spores of six strains of Bacillus anthracis (four virulent and two avirulent) were compared with those of four other types of spore-forming bacteria for…”
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