ReviewThe Science of the total environment2020
Sampling and detection of corona viruses in air: A mini review.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.
- SARS-CoV-2 air sampling: A systematic review on the methodologies for detection and infectivity.Indoor air · 2022Pooled it
- A review on measurements of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material in air in outdoor and indoor environments: Implication for airborne transmission.The Science of the total environment · 2022Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2: a systematic review of indoor air sampling for virus detection.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Pooled it
- Optimization of environmental air sampling for viral metagenomics in a cave-roosting bat assemblage.One health outlook · 2026Article
- The Selective Detection of Individual Respiratory Droplets in Air.ACS sensors · 2026Article
- Comparison of the recovery of PCR-detectable porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus from filter papers under laboratory conditions.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Nanofibrous filters: A promising solution for the efficient capture of polydisperse viral aerosols.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2025Article
- Multi-scenario surveillance of respiratory viruses in aerosols with sub-single-copy spatial resolution.Nature communications · 2024Article
- [Measuring Ventilation and Contamination in Long-term Care Hospitals to Study Improvements].Jugan geon-gang gwa jilbyeong · 2024Article
- Research advances in microfluidic collection and detection of virus, bacterial, and fungal bioaerosols.Mikrochimica acta · 2024Review
- Air Change Rate and SARS-CoV-2 Exposure in Hospitals and Residences: A Meta-Analysis.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2024Article
- Monkeypox Diagnosis in Clinical Settings: A Comprehensive Review of Best Laboratory Practices.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024Review
- Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters of low-cost air purifiers in community-based organizations.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2023Article
- Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the indoor air and surfaces of subway trains in Mashhad, Iran.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023Article
- Lack of SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples collected from September 2020-February 2021 in a university that followed CDC reopening guidance.Hygiene and environmental health advances · 2023Article
- UVC-Based Air Disinfection Systems for Rapid Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 Present in the Air.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Size distribution and relationship of airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA to indoor aerosol in hospital ward environments.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace: Key findings from a rapid review of the literature.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2023Article
- Viral Metagenomics as a Tool to Track Sources of Fecal Contamination: A One Health Approach.Viruses · 2023Review
- Wastewater pandemic preparedness: Toward an end-to-end pathogen monitoring program.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a strain of coronaviruses that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In these days, the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through the air has become a controversial topic among scientists. Various organizations provide standard methods for monitoring biological agents in the air. Nevertheless, there has been no standard recommended method for sampling and determination of viruses in air. This manuscript aimed at reviewing published papers for sampling and detection of corona viruses, especially SARS-Cov-2 as a global health concern. It was found that SARS-Cov 2 was present in some air samples that were collected from patient's rooms in hospitals. This result warrants its airborne transmission potential. However, due to the fact that in the most reviewed studies, sampling was performed in the patient's room, it seems difficult to discriminate whether it is airborne or is transmitted through respiratory droplets. Moreover, some other disrupting factors such as patient distance from the sampler, using protective or oxygen masks by patients, patient activities, coughing and sneezing during sampling time, air movement, air conditioning, sampler type, sampling conditions, storage and transferring conditions, can affect the results. About the sampling methods, most of the used samplers such as PTFE filters, gelatin filers and cyclones showed suitable performance for trapping SARS-Co and MERS-Cov viruses followed by PCR analysis.
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