SARS-CoV-2 disease severity and transmission efficiency is increased for airborne compared to fomite exposure in Syrian hamsters

SARS-CoV-2 disease severity and transmission efficiency is increased for airborne compared to fomite exposure in Syrian hamsters

Here, Port and Yinda et al. directly compare the relative contribution of contact, fomite, and airborne transmission route of SARS-CoV-2 to disease outcome in Syrian hamsters; while intranasal and aerosol inoculation causes severe pathogenesis, fomite exposure is characterized by milder disease.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Julia R. Port, Claude Kwe Yinda, Irene Offei Owusu, Myndi Holbrook, Robert Fischer, Trenton Bushmaker, Victoria A. Avanzato, Jonathan E. Schulz, Craig Martens, Neeltje van Doremalen, Chad S. Clancy, Vincent J. Munster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25156-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25156-8

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