Risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA environmental contamination in rooms of patients with coronavirus disease 2019.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; : 1-10, 2022 Feb 28.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2323929
ABSTRACT
The risk factors of environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 were unknown. We analyzed 1,320 environmental samples obtained from COVID-19 patients for 1 year. The risk factors of contamination of COVID-19 patients' surrounding environment were higher viral load in the respiratory tract and shorter duration from symptom onset to sample collection.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Nursing
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Epidemiology
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Hospitals
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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