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. 2023 Jan;86(1):e30-e31.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.07.017. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by COVID-19 patients

Liu Lina  1 , Zhang Fangfang  2 , Stephen Sevalie  3 , Zhang Dawei  2 , Liu Jun  4 , Guo Zhendong  4 , Zhang Chunmao  4 , Gao Yuwei  5 , Chen Weiwei  6 , Zhao Zongzheng  7
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Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by COVID-19 patients

Liu Lina et al. J Infect. 2023 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: Exhaled breath; Particle size distribution; Respiratory droplet; SARS-CoV-2.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing interests

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Fig. 1
Viral load progression and size distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in exhaled breath. (A-E) viral load progression of exhaled breath samples from 5 selected COVID-19 patients over 13 days. Viral RNA copies per 5 min exhaling. (F) Size distribution of virus directly expelled during 30 min of breathing from 3 COVID-19 patients. (G) Percentage of virus particles in four sizes of SARS-CoV-2 exhaled by the 3 patients.
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