Negligible risk of surface transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in public transportation

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Pilipenco, Alina - Forinová, Michala - Mašková, H. - Hönig, Václav - Palus, Martin - Lynn, Nicholas Scott - Víšová, Ivana - Vrabcová, Markéta - Houska, Milan - Anthi, Judita - Spasovová, Monika - Mustacová, J. - Štěrba, J. - Dostálek, Jakub - Tung, C.P. - Yang, A.S. - Jack, R. - Dejneka, Alexandr - Hajdu, J. - Vaisocherová-Lísalová, Hana
Negligible risk of surface transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in public transportation.
Journal of Travel Medicine. Roč. 30, č. 5 (2023), č. článku taad065. ISSN 1195-1982. E-ISSN 1708-8305
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GA21-19779S; GA MPO(CZ) EG20_321/0024852
Grant ostatní: AV ČR(CZ) LQ100101902
Program: Prémie Lumina quaeruntur
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271 ; RVO:60077344
Klíčová slova: SARS-CoV-2 * surface contamination * public transportation * Prague * antifouling biosensor * quartz crystal microbalance * qRT-PCR
Obor OECD: Biophysics; Biochemistry and molecular biology (BC-A)
Impakt faktor: 25.7, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access

Background: Exposure to pathogens in public transport systems is a common means of spreading infection, mainly by inhaling aerosol or droplets from infected individuals. Such particles also contaminate surfaces, creating a potential surface-transmission pathway. Methods: A fast acoustic biosensor with an antifouling nano-coating was introduced to detect severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on exposed surfaces in the Prague Public Transport System. Samples were measured directly without pre-treatment. Results with the sensor gave excellent agreement with parallel quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) measurements on 482 surface samples taken from actively used trams, buses, metro trains and platforms between 7 and 9 April 2021, in the middle of the lineage Alpha SARS-CoV-2 epidemic wave when 1 in 240 people were COVID-19 positive in Prague.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0351175