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Review
. 2020 Jul-Aug;10(4):386-390.
doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2020.04.020. Epub 2020 May 6.

Sustainability of Coronavirus on Different Surfaces

Rajiv Suman  1 , Mohd Javaid  2 , Abid Haleem  2 , Raju Vaishya  3 , Shashi Bahl  4 , Devaki Nandan  1
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Review

Sustainability of Coronavirus on Different Surfaces

Rajiv Suman et al. J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2020 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the name of the disease supposedly manifested in December 2019 from Wuhan, from the virus named SARS-CoV-2. Now, this disease has spread to almost all other parts of the world. COVID-19 pandemic has various reasons for its dramatic worldwide increase. Here, we have studied coronavirus sustainability on various surfaces. Various disinfectants and their roles are discussed from the available literature. The infection capabilities of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 for different materials and finally studies on infection decay for SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 are discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-1; SARS-CoV-2; surfaces TCID; sustainability.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have none to declare.

Figures

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Figure 1
Infection decay chart for SARS-CoV-1.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Infection decay chart for SARS-CoV-2.
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