Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Is Rapidly Inactivated by Simulated Sunlight

Schuit, Michael; Ratnesar-Shumate, Shanna; Yolitz, Jason; Williams, Gregory; Weaver, Wade; Green, Brian; Miller, David; Krause, M; Beck, Katie; Wood, Stewart; Holland, Brian; Kyle Bohannon, J.; Freeburger, Denise; Hooper, Idris; Biryukov, Jennifer; A. Altamura, Louis; Wahl‐Jensen, Victoria; Hevey, Michael; Dabisch, Paul

doi:10.1093/infdis/jiaa334

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Airborne SARS-CoV-2 Is Rapidly Inactivated by Simulated Sunlight

Published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases • Jun 8, 2020

Authors:

Michael Schuit

Shanna Ratnesar-Shumate

Jason Yolitz

Abstract

Aerosols represent a potential transmission route of COVID-19. This study examined effect of simulated sunlight, relative humidity, and suspension matrix on stability of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols. Simulated sunlight and matrix significantly affected decay rate of the virus. Relative humidity alone did ...

Subject

Sunlight

Relative humidity

Environmental science

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