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Comparative aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern

Bushmaker, T.; Yinda, K. C.; Morris, D.; Holbrook, M.; Gamble, A.; Adney, D.; Bushmaker, C.; van Doremalen, N.; Fischer, R.; Plowright, R.; Lloyd-Smith, J. O.; Munster, V.

2022-11-21 microbiology
10.1101/2022.11.21.517352 bioRxiv
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SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted principally via air; contact and fomite transmission may also occur. Variants-of-concern (VOCs) are more transmissible than ancestral SARS-CoV-2. We find that early VOCs show greater aerosol and surface stability than the early WA1 strain, but Delta and Omicron do not. Stability changes do not explain increased transmissibility.

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