{"id":7800,"date":"2020-06-25T12:59:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=7800"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:00:10","slug":"prolonged-infectivity-of-sars-cov-2-in-fomites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/06\/25\/prolonged-infectivity-of-sars-cov-2-in-fomites\/","title":{"rendered":"Prolonged Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in Fomites"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Pastorino et al.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deposited<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0liquid with<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0SARS-CoV-2 on polystyrene plastic, aluminum, and glass\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">surfaces\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and evaluated\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">viral\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stability and infectivity<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">96 hours<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. They<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">observed\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">longest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0period of infectivity on\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">plastic polystyrene surface<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s. Using<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bovine serum albumin to mimic protein content within body fluids of the respiratory system<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the authors concluded that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">moderate protein concentration in droplets<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(such as from airway secretions)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0markedly increased the infectivity of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SARS-CoV-2<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">authors note that other components of respiratory body fluids, such as enzymes and mucins, may have a negative effect on virus infectivity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Pastorino et al. (June 24, 2020). Prolonged Infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in Fomites. Emerging Infectious Diseases.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3201\/eid2609.201788\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3201\/eid2609.201788<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastorino et al.\u00a0deposited\u00a0liquid with\u00a0SARS-CoV-2 on polystyrene plastic, aluminum, and glass\u00a0surfaces\u00a0for\u00a0and evaluated\u00a0the\u00a0viral\u00a0stability and infectivity\u00a0for\u00a096 hours. They\u00a0observed\u00a0the\u00a0longest\u00a0period of infectivity on\u00a0plastic polystyrene surfaces. Using\u00a0bovine serum albumin to mimic protein content within body fluids of the respiratory system, the authors concluded that\u00a0moderate protein concentration in droplets\u00a0(such as from airway secretions)\u00a0markedly increased the infectivity of\u00a0SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0The\u00a0authors note that other components of&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/06\/25\/prolonged-infectivity-of-sars-cov-2-in-fomites\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[21],"class_list":["post-7800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7801,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7800\/revisions\/7801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7800"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=7800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}