The viability of SARS-CoV-2 on solid surfaces.
Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci
; 55: 101481, 2021 Oct.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1272365
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on life in 2020 and 2021. One method of transmission occurs when the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, contaminates solids. Understanding and controlling the interaction with solids is thus potentially important for limiting the spread of the disease. We review work that describes the prevalence of the virus on common objects, the longevity of the virus on solids, and surface coatings that are designed to inactivate the virus. Engineered coatings have already succeeded in producing a large reduction in viral infectivity from surfaces. We also review work describing inactivation on facemasks and clothing and discuss probable mechanisms of inactivation of the virus at surfaces.
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English
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Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci
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2021
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Article
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J.cocis.2021.101481
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