mSphere (Feb 2021)
Monitoring COVID-19 Transmission Risks by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Tracing of Droplets in Hospital and Living Environments
- Andrea Piana,
- Maria Eugenia Colucci,
- Federica Valeriani,
- Adriano Marcolongo,
- Giovanni Sotgiu,
- Cesira Pasquarella,
- Lory Marika Margarucci,
- Andrea Petrucca,
- Gianluca Gianfranceschi,
- Sergio Babudieri,
- Pietro Vitali,
- Giuseppe D’Ermo,
- Assunta Bizzarro,
- Flavio De Maio,
- Matteo Vitali,
- Antonio Azara,
- Ferdinando Romano,
- Maurizio Simmaco,
- Vincenzo Romano Spica
Affiliations
- Andrea Piana
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Maria Eugenia Colucci
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Federica Valeriani
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, Italy
- Adriano Marcolongo
- Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Giovanni Sotgiu
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Cesira Pasquarella
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Lory Marika Margarucci
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, Italy
- Andrea Petrucca
- Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Gianluca Gianfranceschi
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, Italy
- Sergio Babudieri
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Pietro Vitali
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Giuseppe D’Ermo
- Department of Surgery “P. Valdoni”, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Assunta Bizzarro
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Flavio De Maio
- Department of Basic Biotechnological Sciences, Intensive and Perioperative Clinics, Section of Microbiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
- Matteo Vitali
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- Antonio Azara
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Experimental Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
- Ferdinando Romano
- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- Maurizio Simmaco
- Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Vincenzo Romano Spica
- ORCiD
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “Foro Italico,” Rome, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.01070-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
Abstract
Several studies evaluated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment. Saliva and nasopharyngeal droplets can land on objects and surfaces, creating fomites.
