TY - JOUR AU - Guo, Zhen-Dong AU - Wang, Zhong-Yi AU - Zhang, Shou-Feng AU - Li, Xiao AU - Li, Lin AU - Li, Chao AU - Cui, Yan AU - Fu, Rui-Bin AU - Dong, Yun-Zhu AU - Chi, Xiang-Yang AU - Zhang, Meng-Yao AU - Liu, Kun AU - Cao, Cheng AU - Liu, Bin AU - Zhang, Ke AU - Gao, Yu-Wei AU - Lu, Bing AU - Chen, Wei T1 - Aerosol and Surface Distribution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospital Wards, Wuhan, China, 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 7 SP - 1583 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in hospital wards in Wuhan, China, we tested air and surface samples. Contamination was greater in intensive care units than general wards. Virus was widely distributed on floors, computer mice, trash cans, and sickbed handrails and was detected in air ≈4 m from patients. KW - COVID-19 KW - 2019 novel coronavirus disease KW - coronavirus disease KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - exposure risk KW - medical staff protection KW - hospital-associated infection KW - aerosol KW - Wuhan KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid2607.200885 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article ER - End of Reference