Environmental and Aerosolized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients

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During April and May 2020, we studied 20 patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), their hospital rooms (fomites and aerosols), and their close contacts for molecular and culture evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Among >400 samples, we found molecular evidence of virus in most sample types, especially the nasopharyngeal (NP), saliva, and fecal samples, but the prevalence of molecular positivity among fomites and aerosols was low. The agreement between NP swab and saliva positivity was high (89.5%; κ = 0.79). Two NP swabs collected from patients on days 1 and 7 post-symptom onset had evidence of infectious virus (2 passages over 14 days in Vero E6 cells). In summary, the low molecular prevalence and lack of viable SARS-CoV-2 virus in fomites and air samples implied low nosocomial risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission through inanimate objects or aerosols.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:222

Enthalten in:

The Journal of infectious diseases - 222(2020), 11 vom: 09. Nov., Seite 1798-1806

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Binder, Raquel A [VerfasserIn]
Alarja, Natalie A [VerfasserIn]
Robie, Emily R [VerfasserIn]
Kochek, Kara E [VerfasserIn]
Xiu, Leshan [VerfasserIn]
Rocha-Melogno, Lucas [VerfasserIn]
Abdelgadir, Anfal [VerfasserIn]
Goli, Sumana V [VerfasserIn]
Farrell, Amanda S [VerfasserIn]
Coleman, Kristen K [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Abigail L [VerfasserIn]
Lautredou, Cassandra C [VerfasserIn]
Lednicky, John A [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Mark J [VerfasserIn]
Polage, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]
Simmons, Ryan A [VerfasserIn]
Deshusses, Marc A [VerfasserIn]
Anderson, Benjamin D [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Gregory C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aerosol
Aerosols
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
SARS-CoV-2
Transmission

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Date Completed 17.12.2020

Date Revised 17.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/infdis/jiaa575

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314781943