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SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 are transmitted through the air between ferrets over more than one meter distance.
Nature communications - 12 Mar 2021
Kutter Jasmin S, de Meulder Dennis, Bestebroer Theo M, Lexmond Pascal, Mulders Ard, Richard Mathilde, Fouchier Ron A M, Herfst Sander
Abstract excerpt
SARS-CoV-2 emerged in late 2019 and caused a pandemic, whereas the closely related SARS-CoV was contained rapidly in 2003. Here, an experimental set-up is used to study transmission of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 through the air between ferrets over more than a meter distance. Both viruses cause a robust productive respiratory tract infection resulting in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to two of four indirect recipient...
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