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Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper?
The Covid-19 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is inactivated much faster on paper (3 h) than on plastic (7 d). By classifying materials according to virus stability on their surface, the following list is obtained (from long to short stability): polypropylene (mask), plastic, glass, stainless steel, pig ski...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33277105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110429 |
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description | The Covid-19 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is inactivated much faster on paper (3 h) than on plastic (7 d). By classifying materials according to virus stability on their surface, the following list is obtained (from long to short stability): polypropylene (mask), plastic, glass, stainless steel, pig skin, cardboard, banknote, cotton, wood, paper, tissue, copper. These observations and other studies suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may be inactivated by dryness on water absorbent porous materials but sheltered by long-persisting micro-droplets of water on waterproof surfaces. If such physical phenomenons were confirmed by direct evidence, the persistence of the virus on any surface could be predicted, and new porous objects could be designed to eliminate the virus faster. |
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spelling | pubmed-76959432020-12-01 Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? Corpet, Denis E. Med Hypotheses Article The Covid-19 coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is inactivated much faster on paper (3 h) than on plastic (7 d). By classifying materials according to virus stability on their surface, the following list is obtained (from long to short stability): polypropylene (mask), plastic, glass, stainless steel, pig skin, cardboard, banknote, cotton, wood, paper, tissue, copper. These observations and other studies suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may be inactivated by dryness on water absorbent porous materials but sheltered by long-persisting micro-droplets of water on waterproof surfaces. If such physical phenomenons were confirmed by direct evidence, the persistence of the virus on any surface could be predicted, and new porous objects could be designed to eliminate the virus faster. Elsevier Ltd. 2021-01 2020-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7695943/ /pubmed/33277105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110429 Text en © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Corpet, Denis E. Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title | Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title_full | Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title_fullStr | Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title_full_unstemmed | Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title_short | Why does SARS-CoV-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
title_sort | why does sars-cov-2 survive longer on plastic than on paper? |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7695943/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33277105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.110429 |
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