Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Aerosol Suspensions

2020/06/22 by Alyssa C. Fears, William B. Klimstra, W. Paul Duprex +17 · 1 voice · 6 citations
Medicine · Mathematics · Environmental Science · #Infection Control and Ventilation #COVID-19 epidemiological studies #COVID-19 impact on air quality

paper · pdf · doi:10.3201/eid2609.201806

openalex publication_date 2020/06/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We aerosolized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and determined that its dynamic aerosol efficiency surpassed those of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome. Although we performed experiment only once across several laboratories, our findings suggest retained infectivity and virion integrity for up to 16 hours in respirable-sized aerosols.

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