SARS-CoV-2 Surface Swabs in Locations With Public Access—Potential for Improved Source Control

The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces at public locations has been minimally described. By swab testing, we investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in public locations during the pandemic in February 2022. The viability of SARS-CoV-2 was...

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Autores principales: Nielsen, Jacob P S, Madsen, Johannes R, Fogh, Kamille, Mikkelsen, Emma H, Wolsk, Emil, Kirkby, Nikolai S, Bundgaard, Henning, Iversen, Kasper
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111171
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac431
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author Nielsen, Jacob P S
Madsen, Johannes R
Fogh, Kamille
Mikkelsen, Emma H
Wolsk, Emil
Kirkby, Nikolai S
Bundgaard, Henning
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Madsen, Johannes R
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Mikkelsen, Emma H
Wolsk, Emil
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description The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces at public locations has been minimally described. By swab testing, we investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in public locations during the pandemic in February 2022. The viability of SARS-CoV-2 was not tested. Almost 25% of surfaces were positive for SARS-CoV-2; this was most pronounced in supermarkets.
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spelling pubmed-94521212022-09-09 SARS-CoV-2 Surface Swabs in Locations With Public Access—Potential for Improved Source Control Nielsen, Jacob P S Madsen, Johannes R Fogh, Kamille Mikkelsen, Emma H Wolsk, Emil Kirkby, Nikolai S Bundgaard, Henning Iversen, Kasper Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report The presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on surfaces at public locations has been minimally described. By swab testing, we investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in public locations during the pandemic in February 2022. The viability of SARS-CoV-2 was not tested. Almost 25% of surfaces were positive for SARS-CoV-2; this was most pronounced in supermarkets. Oxford University Press 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9452121/ /pubmed/36111171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac431 Text en © The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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SARS-CoV-2 Surface Swabs in Locations With Public Access—Potential for Improved Source Control
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9452121/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac431
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