Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients

• Published in: International journal of infectious diseases Vol. 100; pp. 476 - 482
• Main Authors: Lednicky, John A., Lauzardo, Michael, Fan, Z. Hugh, Jutla, Antarpreet, Tilly, Trevor B., Gangwar, Mayank, Usmani, Moiz, Shankar, Sripriya Nannu, Mohamed, Karim, Eiguren-Fernandez, Arantza, Stephenson, Caroline J., Alam, Md. Mahbubul, Elbadry, Maha A., Loeb, Julia C., Subramaniam, Kuttichantran, Waltzek, Thomas B., Cherabuddi, Kartikeya, Morris, J. Glenn, Wu, Chang-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020; The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases; Elsevier
• Subjects: Aerosols; Air Microbiology; Betacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronavirus Infections - virology; COVID-19; Hospitals; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; SARS-CoV-2

[Display omitted] •Viable (infectious) SARS-CoV-2 was present in aerosols within the hospital room of COVID-19 patients.•Airborne virus was detected in the absence of healthcare aerosol-generating procedures.•The virus strain detected in the aerosols matched with the virus strain isolated from a pat...