Sports balls as potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors.
Public Health Pract (Oxf)
; 1: 100029, 2020 Nov.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-640341
ABSTRACT
Objects passed from one player to another have not been assessed for their ability to transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We found that the surface of sport balls, notably a football, tennis ball, golf ball, and cricket ball could not harbour inactivated virus when it was swabbed onto the surface, even for 30 âs. However, when high concentrations of 5000 âdC/mL and 10,000 âdC/mL are directly pipetted onto the balls, it could be detected after for short time periods. Sports objects can only harbour inactivated SARS-CoV-2 under specific, directly transferred conditions, but wiping with a dry tissue or moist 'baby wipe' or dropping and rolling the balls removes all detectable viral traces. This has helpful implications to sporting events.
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