Table I.
Characteristics of included studies (N=60)
| Study | Country | Year | Study design | Environmental surfaces | Personal protective equipment (masks/respirators etc.) | Biological surfaces (hands, skin, oral cavity, respiratory tract) | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson et al. | UK | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Bedell et al. | USA | 2016 | In vitro | X | |||
| Behzadinasab et al. | Hong Kong | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Biryukov et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | x | ||
| Casanova et al. | USA | 2010 | In vitro | X | |||
| Colnago et al. | Brasil | 2020 | In vitro | X | x | ||
| Criscuolo et al. | Italy | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Gamble et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Gerchman | Israel | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| He et al. | China | 2004 | In vitro | x | |||
| Heilingloh et al. | Germany | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Hulkower et al. | USA | 2011 | In vitro | X | x | ||
| Khaiboullina et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Liu et al. | China | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Malenovská | Czech Republic | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Martins et al. | Brasil | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Meyers et al. | USA | 2021 | In vitro | X | |||
| Monge et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Rabenau et al. | Germany | 2005 | In vitro | X | x | ||
| Ratnesar-Shumate et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Wood and Payne | UK | 1998 | In vitro | X | |||
| Blanchard et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Campos et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Buonanno et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Daeschler et al. | Canada | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Gopal et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Ibanez-Cervantes et al. | Mexico | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Ludwig-Begall et al. | Belgium | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Ma et al. | China | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Mantlo et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Ozog et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Perkins et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Rathnasinghe et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Rockey et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Bidra et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Bidra et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Eggers et al. | Germany | 2015 | In vitro | X | |||
| Frank et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Gudmundsdottir et al. | Iceland | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Kratzel et al. | Germany | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Leslie et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Liang et al. | China | 2020 | In vivo and in vitro | X | |||
| Meister et al. | Germany | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Mukherjee et al. | India | 2020 | In vitro | X | |||
| Buonanno et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | x | |||
| Qiao et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | x | |||
| Yu et al. | USA | 2020 | In vitro | x | |||
| Franke et al. | Germany | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Gidari et al. | Italy | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Glasbrenner et al. | USA | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Hirose et al. | Japan | 2020 | In vitro | x | |||
| Hu et al. | China | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Huang et al. | USA | 2020 | Prospective cohort | x | |||
| Ijaz et al. | USA | 2021 | In vitro | x | x | ||
| Messina et al. | Italy | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Steinhauer et al. | Germany | 2020 | In vitro | x | x | ||
| Steinhauer et al. | Germany | 2020 | In vitro | x | |||
| Trivellin et al. | Italy | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Uppal et al. | USA | 2021 | In vitro | x | |||
| Valdez-Salas et al. | Mexico | 2021 | In vitro | x |