Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients

A. Lednicky, John; Lauzardo, Michael; Hugh Fan, Z.; Jutla, Antarpreet; B. Tilly, Trevor; Gangwar, Mayank; Usmani, Moiz; Nannu Shankar, Sripriya; Mohamed, Karim; Eiguren-Fernández, Arantza; J. Stephenson, Caroline; Mahbubul Alam, Md.; A. Elbadry, Maha; C. Loeb, Julia; Subramaniam, Kuttichantran; B. Waltzek, Thomas; Cherabuddi, Kartikeya; Glenn Morris, J.; Wu, Chang‐Yu

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.025

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Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients

Published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases • Sep 16, 2020

Authors:

John A. Lednicky

Michael Lauzardo

Z. Hugh Fan

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Because the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in aerosols but failure to isolate viable (infectious) virus are commonly reported, there is substantial controversy whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can be transmitted through aerosols. This conundrum occurs bec...

Subject

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Coronavirus

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