Reducing Respiratory Virus Transmission in Bangladeshi Classrooms

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

20,000

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2026

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2027

Conditions
SARS-CoV2 InfectionInfluenza Viral InfectionsRespiratory Viral Infection
Interventions
DEVICE

Box Fan

Classrooms assigned to this arm will be equipped with 2 - 8 box fans each with a single minimum efficiency reporting value-14 (MERV-14) filter sufficient to increase effective air changes per hour to 12 based on the clean air delivery rate measured in cubic feet per minute of the box fan + filter \* 60 divided by the room volume.

DEVICE

UV Germicidal Irradiation Lamp Unit

Classrooms assigned to this arm will be equipped with one or two 222nm wavelength light ultraviolet germicidal irradiation lamp units (number of units per classroom based on room volume).

DEVICE

Combined: Box Fan and UV Germicidal Irradiation Lamp Units

Classrooms assigned to this arm will be equipped with both box fans and UV germicidal irradiation lamp units.

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh

OTHER

lead

Stanford University

OTHER