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Presence and stability of SARS-CoV-2 on environmental currency and money cards in Utah reveals a lack of live virus
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2022), PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0263025 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2022.
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Abstract
- The highly contagious nature of SARS-CoV-2 has led to several studies on the transmission of the virus. A little studied potential fomite of great concern in the community is currency, which has been shown to harbor microbial pathogens in several studies. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses in the United States have limited the use of banknotes in favor of credit cards. However, SARS-CoV-2 has shown greater stability on plastic in several studies. Herein, the stability of SARS-CoV-2 at room temperature on banknotes, money cards and coins was investigated. In vitro studies with live virus suggested SARS-CoV-2 was highly unstable on banknotes, showing an initial rapid reduction in viable virus and no viral detection by 24 hours. In contrast, SARS-CoV-2 displayed increased stability on money cards with live virus detected after 48 hours. Environmental swabbing of currency and money cards on and near the campus of Brigham Young University supported these results, with no detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on banknotes, and a low level on money cards. However, no viable virus was detected on either. These preliminary results suggest that the use of money cards over banknotes in order to slow the spread of this virus may be ill-advised. These findings should be investigated further through larger environmental studies involving more locations.
- Subjects :
- RNA viruses
Paper
Viral Diseases
SARS coronavirus
Coronaviruses
Economics
Epidemiology
Science
viruses
Cell Lines
Social Sciences
Research and Analysis Methods
Microbiology
Medical Conditions
Diagnostic Medicine
Utah
Chlorocebus aethiops
Animals
Colorimetric Assays
Vero Cells
Pandemics
Pathology and laboratory medicine
Virus Testing
Medicine and health sciences
Multidisciplinary
Biology and life sciences
SARS-CoV-2
Organisms
Viral pathogens
COVID-19
Covid 19
Medical microbiology
Microbial pathogens
Bioassays and Physiological Analysis
Infectious Diseases
Public Finance
Fomites
Viruses
Money Supply and Banking
Medicine
Biological Cultures
SARS CoV 2
Pathogens
Biochemical Analysis
Plastics
Finance
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e88824a5f797cb7685f5fc74e2170d13