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Comment
. 2020 Jun;105(2):381-382.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.04.040. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Putting some context to the aerosolization debate around SARS-CoV-2

A Peters  1 , P Parneix  2 , J Otter  3 , D Pittet  4
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Putting some context to the aerosolization debate around SARS-CoV-2

A Peters et al. J Hosp Infect. 2020 Jun.
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  • Aerosol and Surface Stability of SARS-CoV-2 as Compared with SARS-CoV-1.
    van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Morris DH, Holbrook MG, Gamble A, Williamson BN, Tamin A, Harcourt JL, Thornburg NJ, Gerber SI, Lloyd-Smith JO, de Wit E, Munster VJ. van Doremalen N, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 16;382(16):1564-1567. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2004973. Epub 2020 Mar 17. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32182409 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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