Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments
Several studies evaluated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Saliva and nasopharyngeal droplets can land on objects and surfaces, creating fomites.
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doaj-7ed1ffb7e804407ca2b85c19382011c42021-09-21T20:22:51ZengAmerican Society for MicrobiologymSphere2379-50422021-02-016110.1128/mSphere.01070-20Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living EnvironmentsAndrea Piana0Maria Eugenia Colucci1Federica Valeriani2Adriano Marcolongo3Giovanni Sotgiu4Cesira Pasquarella5Lory Marika Margarucci6Andrea Petrucca7Gianluca Gianfranceschi8Sergio Babudieri9Pietro Vitali10Giuseppe D’Ermo11Assunta Bizzarro12Flavio De Maio13Matteo Vitali14Antonio Azara15Ferdinando Romano16Maurizio Simmaco17Vincenzo Romano Spica18https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2900-6399Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, ItalyDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, ItalySant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, ItalyDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, ItalySant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, ItalyDepartment of Surgery “P. Valdoni”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, ItalyDepartment of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensive and Perioperative Clinics, Section of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, ItalySant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, ItalyDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, Italy Several studies evaluated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Saliva and nasopharyngeal droplets can land on objects and surfaces, creating fomites.https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.01070-20 |
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Andrea Piana Maria Eugenia Colucci Federica Valeriani Adriano Marcolongo Giovanni Sotgiu Cesira Pasquarella Lory Marika Margarucci Andrea Petrucca Gianluca Gianfranceschi Sergio Babudieri Pietro Vitali Giuseppe D’Ermo Assunta Bizzarro Flavio De Maio Matteo Vitali Antonio Azara Ferdinando Romano Maurizio Simmaco Vincenzo Romano Spica |
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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments |
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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments |
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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments |
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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments |
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Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments |
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monitoring covid-19 transmission risks by quantitative real-time pcr tracing of droplets in hospital and living environments |
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American Society for Microbiology |
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2021-02-01 |
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Several studies evaluated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Saliva and nasopharyngeal droplets can land on objects and surfaces, creating fomites. |
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