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Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review
Undoubtedly, there is a tremendous concern regarding the new viral strain "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2" (SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease known as COVID-19. The World Health Organization has stated that SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted from person-to-person close con...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33275925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110559 |
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description | Undoubtedly, there is a tremendous concern regarding the new viral strain "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2" (SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease known as COVID-19. The World Health Organization has stated that SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted from person-to-person close contact, as well as by small aerosol respiratory droplets. Moreover, the results of some recent studies about the role of air pollution on the spread and lethality of the novel coronavirus suggest that air contaminants could be also a transmission pathway of the virus. On the other hand, indirect transmission of the virus cannot be discarded. Among many sources of indirect transmission, there is the contamination of inert/inanimate surfaces. This manuscript was aimed at reviewing the scientific literature currently available in PubMed and Scopus. The results of the reviewed studies point out that SARS-CoV-2 can last on different surfaces from hours to a few days. However, rapid SARS-CoV-2 inactivation is possible by applying commonly available chemicals and biocides on inanimate surfaces. Consequently, although the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on inanimate surfaces can represent a potential route of transmission, appropriate disinfection measures should reduce the possibilities of coronavirus transmission, and hence, significantly decrease the risks of COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-77064142020-12-01 Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review Marquès, Montse Domingo, José L. Environ Res Review Article Undoubtedly, there is a tremendous concern regarding the new viral strain "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2" (SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease known as COVID-19. The World Health Organization has stated that SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted from person-to-person close contact, as well as by small aerosol respiratory droplets. Moreover, the results of some recent studies about the role of air pollution on the spread and lethality of the novel coronavirus suggest that air contaminants could be also a transmission pathway of the virus. On the other hand, indirect transmission of the virus cannot be discarded. Among many sources of indirect transmission, there is the contamination of inert/inanimate surfaces. This manuscript was aimed at reviewing the scientific literature currently available in PubMed and Scopus. The results of the reviewed studies point out that SARS-CoV-2 can last on different surfaces from hours to a few days. However, rapid SARS-CoV-2 inactivation is possible by applying commonly available chemicals and biocides on inanimate surfaces. Consequently, although the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on inanimate surfaces can represent a potential route of transmission, appropriate disinfection measures should reduce the possibilities of coronavirus transmission, and hence, significantly decrease the risks of COVID-19. Elsevier Inc. 2021-02 2020-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7706414/ /pubmed/33275925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110559 Text en © 2020 Elsevier Inc. 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 | Review Article Marquès, Montse Domingo, José L. Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title | Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title_full | Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title_fullStr | Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title_full_unstemmed | Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title_short | Contamination of inert surfaces by SARS-CoV-2: Persistence, stability and infectivity. A review |
title_sort | contamination of inert surfaces by sars-cov-2: persistence, stability and infectivity. a review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7706414/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33275925 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110559 |
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