Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens are detected in continuous air samples from congregate settings

  • Mitchell D. Ramuta,
  • Christina M. Newman,
  • Savannah F. Brakefield,
  • Miranda R. Stauss,
  • Roger W. Wiseman,
  • Amanda Kita-Yarbro,
  • Eli J. O’Connor,
  • Neeti Dahal,
  • Ailam Lim,
  • Keith P. Poulsen,
  • Nasia Safdar,
  • John A. Marx,
  • Molly A. Accola,
  • William M. Rehrauer,
  • Julia A. Zimmer,
  • Manjeet Khubbar,
  • Lucas J. Beversdorf,
  • Emma C. Boehm,
  • David Castañeda,
  • Clayton Rushford,
  • Devon A. Gregory,
  • Joseph D. Yao,
  • Sanjib Bhattacharyya,
  • Marc C. Johnson,
  • Matthew T. Aliota,
  • Thomas C. Friedrich,
  • David H. O’Connor,
  • Shelby L. O’Connor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32406-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Air surveillance offers a potential means of monitoring airborne pathogens without the need for individual sampling. Here, the authors perform continuous air sampling in 15 community settings in the US for 29 weeks and demonstrate its feasibility for routine detection of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens.