Detection of Environmental Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and Associated Patient Characteristics | Zendy

Charles Semelka | Zendy; David A. Ornelles | Zendy; Nathaniel S. O’Connell | Zendy; Emma C. Parsons | Zendy; Maria Blevins | Zendy; Lauren E. Ivey | Zendy; Werner Bischoff | Zendy

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Detection of Environmental Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and Associated Patient Characteristics

Author(s) -

Charles Semelka,

David A. Ornelles,

Nathaniel S. O’Connell,

Emma C. Parsons,

Maria Blevins,

Lauren E. Ivey,

Werner Bischoff

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab107

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , transmission (telecommunications) , viral load , coronavirus , airborne transmission , virology , sars virus , sampling (signal processing) , virus , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , telecommunications , detector , computer science , outbreak

Understanding transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 informs infection prevention practices. Air sampling devices were placed in patient hospital rooms for consecutive collections with and without masks. With patient mask use, no virus was detected in the room. High viral load and fewer days from symptom onset were associated with viral particulate dispersion.

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