Luca Fontana

ORCID: 0000-0002-8614-4114
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Research Areas
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • Disaster Response and Management
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Infection Control in Healthcare
  • Noise Effects and Management
  • Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
  • Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

World Health Organization
2023-2025

Università degli studi di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale
2024-2025

World Health Organization - Pakistan
2025

University of Edinburgh
2022

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2015

This study presents an advanced airborne transmission risk assessment model that integrates both short- and long-range routes in the spread of respiratory viruses, building upon CERN Airborne Model for Indoor Risk Assessment (CAiMIRA) aligned with new World Health Organization (WHO) terminology. Thanks to a two-stage exhaled jet approach, accurately simulates short-range exposures, thereby improving infection predictions across diverse indoor settings. Key findings reveal patient wards,...

10.1098/rsif.2024.0740 article EN cc-by Journal of The Royal Society Interface 2025-02-01

Abstract Background Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe viral infection caused by the marburgvirus species. In February 2023, Equatorial Guinea declared its first outbreak. This case series describes natural history of MVD in five laboratory confirmed patients. Methods Patients with admitted to national treatment center Bata, Guinea, were monitored for vital signs and symptoms. Comprehensive clinical data was collected understand progression outcome disease. Results Five patients have...

10.1093/cid/ciaf208 article EN Clinical Infectious Diseases 2025-04-24

This case study describes and analyses an action research initiative undertaken by management, staff WHO at the St. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic in Bologna, Italy. The utilised engagement approaches developed during COVID-19 pandemic to rethink reshape future development plans. provides a 'how-to' for complex health facilities on ways create similar multisectoral, inclusive holistic processes planning structural, functional organizational solutions their 'hospitals of tomorrow'.The approach...

10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7330 article EN cc-by International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2023-01-29
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