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Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation
Transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 are aerosol, droplet and touching infected material. The diffusion of the virus contagion among people is easier in indoor location, but direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air or on surfaces is quite sparse, especially regarding public transport, while it would be...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33151953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235943 |
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author | Di Carlo, Piero Chiacchiaretta, Piero Sinjari, Bruna Aruffo, Eleonora Stuppia, Liborio De Laurenzi, Vincenzo Di Tomo, Pamela Pelusi, Letizia Potenza, Francesca Veronese, Angelo Vecchiet, Jacopo Falasca, Katia Ucciferri, Claudio |
author_facet | Di Carlo, Piero Chiacchiaretta, Piero Sinjari, Bruna Aruffo, Eleonora Stuppia, Liborio De Laurenzi, Vincenzo Di Tomo, Pamela Pelusi, Letizia Potenza, Francesca Veronese, Angelo Vecchiet, Jacopo Falasca, Katia Ucciferri, Claudio |
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description | Transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 are aerosol, droplet and touching infected material. The diffusion of the virus contagion among people is easier in indoor location, but direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air or on surfaces is quite sparse, especially regarding public transport, while it would be important to know how and if it is safe to use them. To answer these questions we analysed the air and the surfaces most usually touched by passengers inside a city bus during normal operation, in order to understand the possible spreading of the virus and the effectiveness of the protective measures. The measurements were carried out across the last week of the lockdown and the first week when, gradually, all the travel restrictions were removed. The air and surface samples were analysed with the RT-PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus. After two weeks of measurements and more than 1100 passenger travelling on the bus the virus was never detected both on surfaces and on air, suggesting that the precautions adopted on public transportation are effective in reducing the COVID-19 spreading. |
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spelling | pubmed-76440432020-11-16 Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation Di Carlo, Piero Chiacchiaretta, Piero Sinjari, Bruna Aruffo, Eleonora Stuppia, Liborio De Laurenzi, Vincenzo Di Tomo, Pamela Pelusi, Letizia Potenza, Francesca Veronese, Angelo Vecchiet, Jacopo Falasca, Katia Ucciferri, Claudio PLoS One Research Article Transmission pathways of SARS-CoV-2 are aerosol, droplet and touching infected material. The diffusion of the virus contagion among people is easier in indoor location, but direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 in air or on surfaces is quite sparse, especially regarding public transport, while it would be important to know how and if it is safe to use them. To answer these questions we analysed the air and the surfaces most usually touched by passengers inside a city bus during normal operation, in order to understand the possible spreading of the virus and the effectiveness of the protective measures. The measurements were carried out across the last week of the lockdown and the first week when, gradually, all the travel restrictions were removed. The air and surface samples were analysed with the RT-PCR for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 virus. After two weeks of measurements and more than 1100 passenger travelling on the bus the virus was never detected both on surfaces and on air, suggesting that the precautions adopted on public transportation are effective in reducing the COVID-19 spreading. Public Library of Science 2020-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7644043/ /pubmed/33151953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235943 Text en © 2020 Di Carlo et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Di Carlo, Piero Chiacchiaretta, Piero Sinjari, Bruna Aruffo, Eleonora Stuppia, Liborio De Laurenzi, Vincenzo Di Tomo, Pamela Pelusi, Letizia Potenza, Francesca Veronese, Angelo Vecchiet, Jacopo Falasca, Katia Ucciferri, Claudio Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title | Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title_full | Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title_fullStr | Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title_full_unstemmed | Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title_short | Air and surface measurements of SARS-CoV-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
title_sort | air and surface measurements of sars-cov-2 inside a bus during normal operation |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7644043/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33151953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235943 |
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