Detection and isolation of airborne SARS‐CoV‐2 in a hospital setting

N Rufino de Sousa, L Steponaviciute, L Margerie… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transmission mechanisms for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐
2) are incompletely understood. In particular, aerosol transmission remains unclear, with …

SARS-CoV-2 air and surface contamination in residential settings

G Correia, L Rodrigues, M Afonso, M Mota, J Oliveira… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs mainly indoors, through virus-laden airborne particles.
Although the presence and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol are now acknowledged, the …

SARS‐CoV‐2 indoor environment contamination with epidemiological and experimental investigations

LMAH Oksanen, J Virtanen, E Sanmark… - Indoor …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 has been detected both in air and on surfaces, but questions remain about
the patient‐specific and environmental factors affecting virus transmission. Additionally …

Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 in retrospective analysis of aerosol samples collected from hospital rooms of patients with COVID-19

A Fortin, M Veillette, A Larrotta… - Clinical …, 2023 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
Managing the COVID-19 pandemic has required the implementation of public health
mitigation measures to limit the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Airborne transmission via …

Breath-, air-and surface-borne SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals

L Zhou, M Yao, X Zhang, B Hu, X Li, H Chen… - Journal of aerosol …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented crisis to the global health sector.
When discharging COVID-19 patients in accordance with throat or nasal swab protocols …

Low incidence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in acute care hospital rooms with optimized ventilation

N Dumont-Leblond, M Veillette… - Emerging microbes & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The worldwide repercussions of COVID-19 sparked important research efforts, yet the
detailed contribution of aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has not been …

Detection of air and surface contamination by SARS-CoV-2 in hospital rooms of infected patients

PY Chia, KK Coleman, YK Tan, SWX Ong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Understanding the particle size distribution in the air and patterns of environmental
contamination of SARS-CoV-2 is essential for infection prevention policies. Here we screen …

Bioaerosol sampling for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a referral center with critically ill coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

MA Lane, EA Brownsword, A Babiker… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous research has shown that rooms of patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) present the potential for healthcare-associated transmission through …

Aerosol and surface contamination of SARS-CoV-2 observed in quarantine and isolation care

JL Santarpia, DN Rivera, VL Herrera, MJ Morwitzer… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in
Wuhan, China in late 2019, and its resulting coronavirus disease, COVID-19, was declared …

Airborne SARS-CoV-2 in home and hospital environments investigated with a high-powered air sampler

P de Man, MA Ortiz, PM Bluyssen, SJ de Man… - Journal of Hospital …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The initial aim was to study the effects of face masks worn by recently infected
individuals on the airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2, but findings motivated us to proceed …