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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
. 2020 Jun 16;1-9.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.300. Online ahead of print.
Environmental Surface Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) During Prolonged Isolation of an Asymptomatic Carrier
Kyeong Seob Shin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hee-Sue Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jisu Lee[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joon Kee Lee[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Environmental surface testing was performed to search for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination by an asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carrier with persistently high viral loads under isolation. No evidence of environmental contamination was found. Further studies are needed to measure environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 carriers and decide on reasonable isolation periods.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; environmental sampling; infectious disease transmission; quarantine; viral shedding.
. 2020 Jun 16;1-9.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.300. Online ahead of print.
Environmental Surface Testing for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) During Prolonged Isolation of an Asymptomatic Carrier
Kyeong Seob Shin[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Hee-Sue Park[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jisu Lee[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Joon Kee Lee[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32539889
- DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.300
Abstract
Environmental surface testing was performed to search for evidence of SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination by an asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carrier with persistently high viral loads under isolation. No evidence of environmental contamination was found. Further studies are needed to measure environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 carriers and decide on reasonable isolation periods.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; environmental sampling; infectious disease transmission; quarantine; viral shedding.