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Improving indoor ventilation, especially in high-risk areas, significantly reduces airborne pathogen transmission. The Ventilation-Aware Pandemic and Outbreak Risk (VAPOR) model highlights how ventilation equity impacts epidemic control.

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  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental Health
  • Infectious Disease Modeling

Background:

  • Indoor airborne pathogen transmission is influenced by ventilation heterogeneity.
  • Discrepancies exist between engineering and epidemiological models for assessing pandemic risk.
  • Overdispersed transmission patterns, like those seen with SARS-CoV-2, are common.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce the Ventilation-Aware Pandemic and Outbreak Risk (VAPOR) model, a hybrid framework for assessing indoor airborne disease transmission.
  • To explore the impact of ventilation disparities on epidemic potential in multi-patch environments.
  • To link ventilation strategies and equity to epidemic control.

Main Methods:

  • Developed the VAPOR model, integrating Reed-Frost close-contact dynamics with Wells-Riley aerosol-mediated risk.
  • Utilized a meta-population structure to simulate environments with varying ventilation.
  • Modeled a fixed minority of individuals as "aerosolizers" to reflect real-world transmission.

Main Results:

  • Both targeted ventilation improvements in high-risk areas and increased baseline ventilation reduce transmission risk.
  • Ventilation benefits show non-linear effects with diminishing returns at higher air changes per hour (ACH).
  • Heterogeneity in ventilation amplifies transmission risk, particularly in small-world network structures.

Conclusions:

  • Targeted and equitable ventilation strategies are crucial for effective epidemic control.
  • The VAPOR model provides a framework for understanding the interplay between ventilation, heterogeneity, and disease spread.
  • Addressing ventilation disparities can mitigate pandemic risk in indoor environments.