ArticleAerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research2022
Comparison of the survival of different isolates of SARS-CoV-2 in evaporating aerosols.
Article in Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Intermediate Relative Humidity Preserves Respiratory Syncytial Virus via a Semi-Solid Bioaerosol State.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Loss of Infectivity of Influenza Virus and SARS-CoV‑2 during Aerosol Sampling.Environmental science & technology letters · 2026Article
- Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 at acidic pH is driven by partial unfolding of spike.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Review of factors affecting virus inactivation in aerosols and droplets.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Review
- Ambient carbon dioxide concentration correlates with SARS-CoV-2 aerostability and infection risk.Nature communications · 2024Article
- The microphysics of surrogates of exhaled aerosols from the upper respiratory tract.Aerosol science and technology : the journal of the American Association for Aerosol Research · 2024Article
- Differences in airborne stability of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern is impacted by alkalinity of surrogates of respiratory aerosol.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
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Abstract
Numerous variants of SARS-CoV-2 with increased transmissibility have emerged over the course of the pandemic. Potential explanations for the increased transmissibility of these variants include increased shedding from infected individuals, increased environmental stability, and/or a lower infectious dose. Upon exhalation of a respiratory particle into the environment, water present in the particle is rapidly lost through evaporation, resulting in a decrease in particle size. The aim of the present study was to compare the losses of infectivity of different isolates of SARS-CoV-2 during the rapid evaporation of aerosol particles that occurs immediately post-generation to assess if there are differences suggestive of increased survival, and ultimately greater transmissibility, for more recent variants. Losses of infectivity of several isolates of SARS-CoV-2 suspended in viral culture media were assessed following aerosolization and evaporation in a flowing chamber. The results demonstrate that losses of infectivity measured post-evaporation were similar for three different isolates of SARS-CoV-2, including isolates from the more recent Delta and Omicron lineages. The average loss in infectivity across all three isolates was 61 ± 15% (-0.46 ± 0.17 log
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