Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Aerosol Suspensions

Alyssa C. Fears; William B. Klimstra; Paul Duprex; Amy Hartman; Scott C. Weaver; Kenneth S. Plante; Divya Mirchandani; Jessica Ann Plante; Patricia V. Aguilar; Diana Fernandez Echeverri; Aysegul Nalca; Aysegul Totura; David Dyer; Brian Kearney; Matthew Lackemeyer; J. Kyle Bohannon; Reed Johnson; Robert F. Garry; Doug S. Reed; Chad J. Roy

doi:10.3201/eid2609.201806

Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Aerosol Suspensions

Alyssa C. Fears, William B. Klimstra, Paul Duprex, Amy Hartman, Scott C. Weaver, Kenneth S. Plante, Divya Mirchandani, Jessica Ann Plante, Patricia V. Aguilar, Diana Fernandez Echeverri, Aysegul Nalca, Aysegul Totura, David Dyer, Brian Kearney, Matthew Lackemeyer, J. Kyle Bohannon, Reed Johnson, Robert F. Garry, Doug S. Reed, Chad J. Roy

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Emerging infectious diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201806
State	Published - Sep 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

2019 novel coronavirus disease
COVID-19
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
SARS-CoV
SARS-CoV-2
aerosol
coronavirus diseases
respiratory diseases
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
viruses
zoonoses

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Fears, A. C., Klimstra, W. B., Duprex, P., Hartman, A., Weaver, S. C., Plante, K. S., Mirchandani, D., Plante, J. A., Aguilar, P. V., Fernandez Echeverri, D., Nalca, A., Totura, A., Dyer, D., Kearney, B., Lackemeyer, M., Bohannon, J. K., Johnson, R., Garry, R. F., Reed, D. S., & Roy, C. J. (2020). Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Aerosol Suspensions. Emerging infectious diseases, 26(9). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201806

Fears, AC, Klimstra, WB, Duprex, P, Hartman, A, Weaver, SC , Plante, KS, Mirchandani, D, Plante, JA, Aguilar, PV, Fernandez Echeverri, D, Nalca, A, Totura, A, Dyer, D, Kearney, B, Lackemeyer, M, Bohannon, JK, Johnson, R, Garry, RF, Reed, DS & Roy, CJ 2020, 'Persistence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Aerosol Suspensions', Emerging infectious diseases, vol. 26, no. 9. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201806

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