Sports balls as potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission vectors

• Main Authors: Michel Pelisser (Author), Joe Thompson (Author), Dasha Majra (Author), Sonia Youhanna (Author), Justin Stebbing (Author), Peter Davies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...