Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Persistence across Indoor Surface Materials Reveals Best Practices for Environmental Monitoring Programs

Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 RNA Persistence across Indoor Surface Materials Reveals Best Practices for Environmental Monitoring Programs

ABSTRACT Environmental monitoring in public spaces can be used to identify surfaces contaminated by persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and inform appropriate infection mitigation responses. Research groups have reported detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS...

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Main Authors: Rodolfo A. Salido, Victor J. Cantú, Alex E. Clark, Sandra L. Leibel, Anahid Foroughishafiei, Anushka Saha, Abbas Hakim, Alhakam Nouri, Alma L. Lastrella, Anelizze Castro-Martínez, Ashley Plascencia, Bhavika K. Kapadia, Bing Xia, Christopher A. Ruiz, Clarisse A. Marotz, Daniel Maunder, Elijah S. Lawrence, Elizabeth W. Smoot, Emily Eisner, Evelyn S. Crescini, Laura Kohn, Lizbeth Franco Vargas, Marisol Chacón, Maryann Betty, Michal Machnicki, Min Yi Wu, Nathan A. Baer, Pedro Belda-Ferre, Peter De Hoff, Phoebe Seaver, R. Tyler Ostrander, Rebecca Tsai, Shashank Sathe, Stefan Aigner, Sydney C. Morgan, Toan T. Ngo, Tom Barber, Willi Cheung, Aaron F. Carlin, Gene W. Yeo, Louise C. Laurent, Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-12-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
COVID-19
RT-qPCR
SARS-CoV-2
environmental monitoring
heat-inactivated
surface sampling
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.01136-21

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