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ArticleIndoor air2022

SARS-CoV-2 detection in bioaerosols using a liquid impinger collector and ddPCR.

Joan Truyols Vives, Josep Muncunill, Núria Toledo Pons, Herme G Baldoví, Ernest Sala Llinàs, Josep Mercader Barceló

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Article in Indoor air, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Joan Truyols VivesMolecular Biology and One Health research group (MolONE), Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain.
Josep MuncunillHealth Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Balearic Islands, Spain.
Núria Toledo PonsHealth Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Balearic Islands, Spain.
Herme G BaldovíDepartment of Chemistry, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Valencia, Spain.
Ernest Sala LlinàsMolecular Biology and One Health research group (MolONE), Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain.
Josep Mercader BarcelóMolecular Biology and One Health research group (MolONE), Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5293-2809
Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands · ESCentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases · ESUniversitat de les Illes Balears · ESUniversitat Politècnica de València · ES

Funding

Fundació Institut d'Investigació Sanitària de les Illes Balears (IdISBa)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The airborne route is the dominant form of COVID-19 transmission, and therefore, the development of methodologies to quantify SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols is needed. We aimed to identify SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols by using a highly efficient sampler for the collection of 1-3 µm particles, followed by a highly sensitive detection method. 65 bioaerosol samples were collected in hospital rooms in the presence of a COVID-19 patient using a liquid impinger sampler. The SARS-CoV-2 genome was detected by ddPCR using different primer/probe sets. 44.6% of the samples resulted positive for SARS-CoV-2 following this protocol. By increasing the sampled air volume from 339 to 650 L, the percentage of positive samples went from 41% to 50%. We detected five times less positives with a commercial one-step RT-PCR assay. However, the selection of primer/probe sets might be one of the most determining factor for bioaerosol SARS-CoV-2 detection since with the ORF1ab set more than 40% of the samples were positive, compared to <10% with other sets. In conclusion, the use of a liquid impinger collector and ddPCR is an adequate strategy to detect SARS-CoV-2 in bioaerosols. However, there are still some methodological aspects that must be adjusted to optimize and standardize a definitive protocol.

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Air Pollution, IndoorCOVID-19HospitalsHumansPolymerase Chain ReactionRespiratory Aerosols and DropletsRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralbioaerosolCOVID-19ddPCRliquid impinger samplerSARS-CoV-2

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PMID35225399
PMCPMC9111801
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