Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 16, 2020, Pages 1564-1567

  Van Doremalen, Neeltje ^a   Bushmaker, Trenton ^a   Morris, Dylan H ^b   Holbrook, Myndi G ^a   Gamble, Amandine ^c   Williamson, Brandi N ^a   Tamin, Azaibi ^d   Harcourt, Jennifer L ^d   Thornburg, Natalie J ^d   Gerber, Susan I ^d   Lloyd Smith, James O ^c,e   De Wit, Emmie ^a   Munster, Vincent J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; PLASTIC; STAINLESS STEEL;

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOMITE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DOSE; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; TISSUE CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85083049942     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973     Document Type: Letter

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