Comparative Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern

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Journal: Emerging Infectious Diseases
[저자] Trenton Bushmaker, Claude Kwe Yinda, Dylan H. Morris, Myndi G. Holbrook, Amandine Gamble, Danielle Adney, Cara Bushmaker, Neeltje van Doremalen, Robert J. Fischer, Raina K. Plowright, James O. Lloyd-Smith, Vincent J. Munster
[Category] update2024,
PMC URL    Pubmed URL    DOI URL    [DOI] 10.3201/eid2905.221752    
[Article Type] article
[Source] pmc

SARS-CoV-2 transmits principally by air; contact and fomite transmission may also occur. Variants of concern are more transmissible than ancestral SARS-CoV-2. We found indications of possible increased aerosol and surface stability for early variants of concern, but not for the Delta and Omicron variants. Stability changes are unlikely to explain increased transmissibility.

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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, viruses, respiratory infections, zoonoses, SARS-CoV-2, variants of concern, Transmission, aerosol, omicron, United States, environmental stability,