Experimental aerosol survival of SARS-CoV-2 in artificial saliva and tissue culture media at medium and high humidity

SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, may be transmitted via airborne droplets or contact with surfaces onto which droplets have deposited. In this study, the ability of SARS-CoV-2 to survive in the dark, at two different relative humidity values and within artificial saliva, a clinically relevant matrix, was investigated. SARS-CoV-2 was found to be stable, in the dark, in a dynamic small particle aerosol under the four experimental conditions we tested and viable virus could still be detected after 90 minutes. The decay rate and half-life was determined and decay rates ranged from 0.4 to 2.27 % per minute and the half lives ranged from 30 to 177 minutes for the different conditions. This information can be used for advice and modelling and potential mitigation strategies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Emerging microbes & infections - 9(2020), 1 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 1415-1417

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Smither, Sophie J [VerfasserIn]
Eastaugh, Lin S [VerfasserIn]
Findlay, James S [VerfasserIn]
Lever, Mark S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aerosol
Aerosols
Coronavirus
Culture Media
Humidity
Letter
SARS-CoV-2
Saliva
Saliva, Artificial
Survival

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 24.06.2020

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/22221751.2020.1777906

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31076551X