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. 2021 Apr:195:110765.
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110765. Epub 2021 Jan 23.

Investigation of SARS CoV-2 virus in environmental surface

Abdollah Dargahi  1 , Farhad Jeddi  2 , Mehdi Vosoughi  3 , Chiman Karami  4 , Aidin Hadisi  5 , S Ahamad Mokhtari  6 , Hasan Ghobadi  7 , Morteza Alighadri  6 , Somayeh Biparva Haghighi  8 , Hadi Sadeghi  6
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Investigation of SARS CoV-2 virus in environmental surface

Abdollah Dargahi et al. Environ Res. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

The prevalent respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 probably persist for a long time on fomites and environmental surfaces. Some recent studies have detected SARS-CoV-2 RNA on the surface of cell phones, door handles and other items in the inhabited sites of confirmed cases. For the aim of this study, a total of 50 environmental surface samples of SARS-CoV-2 was collected from Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ardabil. Forty-one environmental surface samples were proved negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA while nine surface samples were positive. Our findings regarding surfaces contaminated with the virus are consistent with the results of recent similar researches as it was revealed that a number of different samples taken from hospital surfaces such as handles, cupboards, light switches, and door handles were positive for the presence of SARS-Cov-2.

Keywords: Hospital wards; SARS-CoV-2; Surface contamination.

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The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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The schematic of positive points of surfaces samples (yellow cycle shows exact sample points). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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