Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA on Surfaces in Quarantine Rooms

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jiang, Fa-Chun ; Jiang, Xiao-Lin ; Wang, Zhao-Guo ; Meng, Zhao-Hai ; Shao, Shou-Feng ; Anderson, Benjamin D. ; Ma, Mai-Juan
• Description:
  We investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) environmental contamination in 2 rooms of a quarantine hotel after 2 presymptomatic persons who stayed there were laboratory-confirmed as having coronavirus disease. We detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA on 8 (36%) of 22 surfaces, as well as on the pillow cover, sheet, and duvet cover.
• Subjects:
  Adult Bedding And Linens Betacoronavirus Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Fomites Humans Male Middle Aged Pandemics Pneumonia, Viral Quarantine Rna, Viral Sars-Cov-2

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(9):2162-2164
• Pubmed ID:
  32421495
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7454114
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  China
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:df5b0271933a049897cbffb0c34a9592590f932bd16a044aba8e354686e754f4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/93007/cdc_93007_DS1.pdf
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