Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA on Surfaces in Quarantine Rooms

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;26(9):2162-2164. doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201435. Epub 2020 May 18.

Abstract

We investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) environmental contamination in 2 rooms of a quarantine hotel after 2 presymptomatic persons who stayed there were laboratory-confirmed as having coronavirus disease. We detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA on 8 (36%) of 22 surfaces, as well as on the pillow cover, sheet, and duvet cover.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; China; Coronavirus diseases; RNA; SARS-CoV-2; environment; hospitalization; hygiene; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surface; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bedding and Linens / virology*
  • Betacoronavirus / genetics
  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • COVID-19
  • China / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Female
  • Fomites / virology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / virology
  • Quarantine
  • RNA, Viral / isolation & purification*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • RNA, Viral