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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments

Authors :
Andrea Piana
Maria Eugenia Colucci
Federica Valeriani
Adriano Marcolongo
Giovanni Sotgiu
Cesira Pasquarella
Lory Marika Margarucci
Andrea Petrucca
Gianluca Gianfranceschi
Sergio Babudieri
Pietro Vitali
Giuseppe D’Ermo
Assunta Bizzarro
Flavio De Maio
Matteo Vitali
Antonio Azara
Ferdinando Romano
Maurizio Simmaco
Vincenzo Romano Spica
Source :
mSphere, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
American Society for Microbiology, 2021.

Abstract

Several studies evaluated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Saliva and nasopharyngeal droplets can land on objects and surfaces, creating fomites.

Subjects

Subjects :
Microbiology
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Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23795042
Volume :
6
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
mSphere
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7ed1ffb7e804407ca2b85c19382011c4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01070-20