Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2020)

Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 RNA on Surfaces in Quarantine Rooms

  • Fa-Chun Jiang,
  • Xiao-Lin Jiang,
  • Zhao-Guo Wang,
  • Zhao-Hai Meng,
  • Shou-Feng Shao,
  • Benjamin D. Anderson,
  • Mai-Juan Ma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.201435
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 9
pp. 2162 – 2164

Abstract

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We investigated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) environmental contamination in 2 rooms of a quarantine hotel after 2 presymptomatic persons who stayed there were laboratory-confirmed as having coronavirus disease. We detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA on 8 (36%) of 22 surfaces, as well as on the pillow cover, sheet, and duvet cover.

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