Environmental cleaning is effective for the eradication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus in contaminated hospital rooms: A patient from the Diamond Princess cruise ship

Yosuke Hirotsu¹, Makoto Maejima², Masumi Nakajima³, Hitoshi Mochizuki^{1

4}, Masao Omata^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Genome Analysis Center, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
² Division of Microbiology in Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
³ Division of Infection Disease Control, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
⁵ The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Case Reports

Yosuke Hirotsu et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;41(9):1105-1106.

doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.144. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

Yosuke Hirotsu¹, Makoto Maejima², Masumi Nakajima³, Hitoshi Mochizuki^{1

4}, Masao Omata^{4

5}

¹ Genome Analysis Center, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
² Division of Microbiology in Clinical Laboratory, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
³ Division of Infection Disease Control, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Yamanashi Central Hospital, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.
⁵ The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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