Sports balls as potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors

Sports balls as potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors

Objects passed from one player to another have not been assessed for their ability to transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We found that the surface of sport balls, notably a football, tennis ball, golf ball, and cricket ball could not harbour inactivated virus when...

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Main Authors: Michel Pelisser, Joe Thompson, Dasha Majra, Sonia Youhanna, Justin Stebbing, Peter Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Public Health in Practice
Subjects:
Sports
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Transmission
Cricket
Football
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535220300288

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