Environmental surface and air contamination in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) patient rooms by disease severity

• Main Authors: Keiji Nakamura (Author), Shinichiro Morioka (Author), Satoshi Kutsuna (Author), Shun Iida (Author), Tadaki Suzuki (Author), Noriko Kinoshita (Author), Tetsuya Suzuki (Author), Yuko Sugiki (Author), Ayako Okuhama (Author), Kohei Kanda (Author), Yuji Wakimoto (Author), Mugen Ujiie (Author), Kei Yamamoto (Author), Masahiro Ishikane (Author), Yuki Moriyama (Author), Masayuki Ota (Author), Takato Nakamoto (Author), Satoshi Ide (Author), Hidetoshi Nomoto (Author), Yutaro Akiyama (Author), Yusuke Miyazato (Author), Kayoko Hayakawa (Author), Sho Saito (Author), Norio Ohmagari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread around the world. In addition to community-acquired infections, nosocomial infections are also a major social concern. The likelihood of environmental contamination and transmission of the virus based on disease severit...