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Detection and Quantification of Infectious Severe Acute Respiratory Coronavirus-2 in Diverse Clinical and Environmental Samples from Infected Patients: Evidence to Support Respiratory Droplet, and Direct and Indirect Contact as Significant Modes of Transmission

2021-07-10

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Few studies have assessed for infectious SARS-CoV-2 in multiple types of clinical and environmental samples. In almost 500 samples from 75 hospitalized and community cases, we detected infectious virus with quantitative burdens varying from 5.0 plaque-forming units/mL (PFU/mL) up to 1.0×10 6 PFU/mL in clinical specimens and up to 1.3×10 6 PFU/mL on fomites including facial tissues, nasal prongs, call bells/cell ph...

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Literature Corpus work: b1f33d33-6c11-559a-bcb6-6fbd9831ee1f
DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.08.21259744

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