1.
J Infect Dis
; 223(3): 540, 2021 02 13.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1276177
2.
J Infect Dis
; 222(7): 1098-1102, 2020 09 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-661147
ABSTRACT
During a COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship we sampled environmental surfaces after passengers and crew vacated cabins. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in 58 of 601 samples (10%) from case cabins 1-17 days after cabins were vacated but not from noncase cabins. There was no difference in detection proportion between cabins of symptomatic (15%, 28/189; cycle quantification [Cq], 29.79-38.86) and asymptomatic cases (21%, 28/131; Cq, 26.21-38.99). No SARS-CoV-2 virus was isolated from any of the samples. Transmission risk of SARS-CoV-2 from symptomatic and asymptomatic patients may be similar and surfaces could be involved in transmission.