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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Research Letter

SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Exhaled by Experimentally Infected Cynomolgus Monkeys

Chunmao Zhang1, Zhendong Guo1, Zongzheng Zhao1, Tiecheng Wang, Liang Li, Faming Miao, Cheng Zhang, Yuanguo Li, and Yuwei GaoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: College of Veterinary Medicine at Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China. (C. Zhang); Military Veterinary Research Institute, Changchun, China (C. Zhang, Z. Guo, Z. Zhao, T. Wang, L. Li, F. Miao, C. Zhang, Y. Li, Y. Gao)

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Viral RNA copies and size distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 aerosols shed by experimentally infected cynomolgus monkeys. A) Viral RNA copies in aerosols directly expelled during 40 minutes of breathing. B) Size distribution of virus aerosols directly expelled during 40 minutes of breathing. C) Viral RNA copies in aerosols from the housing isolator during 30 minutes of sampling. D) Size distribution of virus aerosols in the isolator during 30 minutes of sampling. dpi, days postinfection. The pink dotted line indicates the limit of detection.

Figure. Viral RNA copies and size distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 aerosols shed by experimentally infected cynomolgus monkeys. A) Viral RNA copies in aerosols directly expelled during 40 minutes of breathing. B) Size distribution of virus aerosols directly expelled during 40 minutes of breathing. C) Viral RNA copies in aerosols from the housing isolator during 30 minutes of sampling. D) Size distribution of virus aerosols in the isolator during 30 minutes of sampling. dpi, days postinfection. The pink dotted line indicates the limit of detection.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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