Modeling the stability of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on skin, currency, and clothing.

• Main Authors: David E Harbourt (Author), Andrew D Haddow (Author), Ashley E Piper (Author), Holly Bloomfield (Author), Brian J Kearney (Author), David Fetterer (Author), Kathleen Gibson (Author), Timothy Minogue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in the winter of 2019 in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spread around the world. The extent and efficiency of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is far greater than previous coronaviruses that emerged in the 21st Century. Here, we modeled stability of SARS-CoV-2 on skin, paper cur...