Live SARS-CoV-2 is difficult to detect in patient aerosols

Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2021 Jul;15(4):554-557. doi: 10.1111/irv.12860. Epub 2021 May 3.

Authors

Emily R Robie^{1

2}, Anfal Abdelgadir^{1

2}, Raquel A Binder^{1

2}, Gregory C Gray^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
² Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Global Health Research Center, Duke Kunshan University, Kunshan, China.
⁴ Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aerosols
Air Microbiology*
COVID-19 / transmission
COVID-19 / virology*
Female
Fomites / virology
Humans
Male
Microbial Viability
Middle Aged
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Virus Shedding

Substances

Aerosols