Frequency, kinetics and determinants of viable SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols from ambulatory COVID-19 patients infected with the Beta, Delta or Omicron variants

Frequency, kinetics and determinants of viable SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols from ambulatory COVID-19 patients infected with the Beta, Delta or Omicron variants

Abstract Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 aerosol remains contentious. Importantly, whether cough or breath-generated bioaerosols can harbor viable and replicating virus remains largely unclarified. We performed size-fractionated aerosol sampling (Andersen cascade impactor) and evaluated viral cu...

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Main Authors: S. Jaumdally, M. Tomasicchio, A. Pooran, A. Esmail, A. Kotze, S. Meier, L. Wilson, S. Oelofse, C. van der Merwe, A. Roomaney, M. Davids, T. Suliman, R. Joseph, T. Perumal, A. Scott, M. Shaw, W. Preiser, C. Williamson, A. Goga, E. Mayne, G. Gray, P. Moore, A. Sigal, J. Limberis, J. Metcalfe, K. Dheda
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45400-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45400-1

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