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Hospital indoor air quality monitoring for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus

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(2020) Hospital indoor air quality monitoring for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus. The Science of the total environment. p. 141324. ISSN 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking)

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Official URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32805566

Abstract

On December 31, 2019, the novel human coronavirus (COVID-19) was identified in Wuhan, China and swiftly spread in all nations and territories around the globe. There is much debate about the major route of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmissions. So, more evidence is required to determine the potential pathway of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 including airborne transmission. Therefore, we examined the potential aerosol transmission of the virus through hospital wards indoor air by confirmed COVID-19 patients on May 7, 2020. In order to capture airborne SARS-CoV-2, the liquid impinger biosampler was used to take fourteen air samples in different wards of the indoor air of the hospital. The specific primer and probe real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were applied to detect viral genomes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in positive air samples. Accordingly, we found two positive air samples (in the ICU) out of 14 ones taken from different wards with confirmed COVID-19 patients. The results revealed the possibility of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 though more studies are required to determine the role of actual mechanisms such as cough, sneeze, normal breathing and speaking in the emission of airborne size carrier aerosols. Likewise, more quantitative analyses are needed to estimate airborne viability of SARS-CoV-2 in the carrier aerosols.

Item Type: Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmail
Kenarkoohi, A.UNSPECIFIED
Noorimotlagh, Z.UNSPECIFIED
Falahi, S.UNSPECIFIED
Amarloei, A.UNSPECIFIED
Mirzaee, S. A.UNSPECIFIED
Pakzad, I.UNSPECIFIED
Bastani, E.UNSPECIFIED
Keywords: Covid-19 Hospital Indoor air quality SARS-CoV-2 Viral air quality competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Page Range: p. 141324
Journal or Publication Title: The Science of the total environment
Journal Index: Pubmed
Volume: 748
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141324
ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking)
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.medilam.ac.ir/id/eprint/3113

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