SARS-COV-2 is AIRBORNE
SOON a VERY INTERESTING STUDY !
▶️ 61% of participants emitted variant-specific culture-positive aerosols <10mum (10 micrometers (um) in diameter) for up to 9 DAYS after SYMPTOM ONSET !
▶️ Considerable heterogeneity in potential infectiousness ...
2) ... i.e., only 29% of participants were probably highly infectious (produced culture-positive aerosols <5mum at ~6 days after symptom onset)."
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We finally succeed to open this new study while website was temporary blocked nature.com/articles/s4146…
nature.com
4) We will go directly to the last part which is really interesting :
DISCUSSION
"Our findings indicated that SARS-CoV-2 is culturable from human-generated aerosol <10 μm in almost 60% of affected of the patients evaluated, although some individuals had the capability ...
5) ... to aerosolise culturable virus in smaller particles for extended time periods. The ability to aerosolise culturable virus is heterogenous and inversely related to time from symptom onset and modulation of specific components of host immunity.
6) Nasopharyngeal Ct thresholds and a preliminary unvalidated blood-based biosignature was highly predictive of infectious aerosol generation. These data support the need for prevention of airborne transmission risk ...
7) using better ventilation in public transports, and indoor environments, especially hospitals, workplaces and schools, and the use of other airborne infection controls in health care facilities caring for COVID-19 patients."
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