Association between in situ ventilation and human-generated aerosol exposure in meatpacking plants during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Joshua L. Santarpia ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua L. Santarpia, Josephine Lau, Athena K. Ramos

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: josh.santarpia@unmc.edu

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9837-2341

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• Josephine Lau ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua L. Santarpia, Josephine Lau, Athena K. Ramos

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Debayan Shom,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, College of Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Shanna A. Ratnesar-Shumate,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Center for Aerosol Science and Technology, College of Engineering, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Eric C. Carnes,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• George W. Santarpia,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Vicki L. Herrera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Danielle N. Rivera,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Daniel N. Ackerman,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, National Strategic Research Institute, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-1031

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• Ashley R. Ravnholdt,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-4028

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• John J. Lowe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Global Center for Health Security, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Environmental, Agricultural and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Athena K. Ramos

  Contributed equally to this work with: Joshua L. Santarpia, Josephine Lau, Athena K. Ramos

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

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