Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment

To the best of our knowledge to date there are no scientific studies specifically investigating whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus is present in the air or on the various surfaces in the school environment. The aim of this study was to determine if SARS-CoV-2 is present on various high touch surfaces and...

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Autores principales: Thakar, Amit, Dutkiewicz, Shawn, Hoffman, Timothy, Joyce, Paul, Shah, Vishal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2021
Materias:
Molecular and Microbial Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8697512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34542396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001424
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author Thakar, Amit
Dutkiewicz, Shawn
Hoffman, Timothy
Joyce, Paul
Shah, Vishal
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description To the best of our knowledge to date there are no scientific studies specifically investigating whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus is present in the air or on the various surfaces in the school environment. The aim of this study was to determine if SARS-CoV-2 is present on various high touch surfaces and in the air across the elementary, middle and high schools in the Chester County of Pennsylvania, USA. One hundred and fifty surface swab samples and 45 air samples were analysed for the presence of the virus. All the samples tested were negative for the presence of SARS-CoV-2. The results indicate that the spread of the virus through contact and through air in the school buildings across the USA is highly unlikely.
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spelling pubmed-86975122021-12-27 Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment Thakar, Amit Dutkiewicz, Shawn Hoffman, Timothy Joyce, Paul Shah, Vishal J Med Microbiol Molecular and Microbial Epidemiology To the best of our knowledge to date there are no scientific studies specifically investigating whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus is present in the air or on the various surfaces in the school environment. The aim of this study was to determine if SARS-CoV-2 is present on various high touch surfaces and in the air across the elementary, middle and high schools in the Chester County of Pennsylvania, USA. One hundred and fifty surface swab samples and 45 air samples were analysed for the presence of the virus. All the samples tested were negative for the presence of SARS-CoV-2. The results indicate that the spread of the virus through contact and through air in the school buildings across the USA is highly unlikely. Microbiology Society 2021-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8697512/ /pubmed/34542396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001424 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment
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title_fullStr Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment
title_full_unstemmed Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment
title_short Absence of SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on the surfaces within the school environment
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topic Molecular and Microbial Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8697512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34542396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.001424
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