SARS-CoV-2 transmission modes: Why and how contamination occurs around shared meals and drinks?

ABSTRACT: In spite of prevention measures enacted all over the world to control the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, including mask wearing, social distancing, hand hygiene, vaccination, and other precautions, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread globally at an unabated rate of about 1 million cases per day. The specificities of superspreading events as well as evidence of human-to-human, human-to-animal and animal-to-human transmission, indoors or outdoors, raise questions about a possibly neglected viral transmission route. In addition to inhaled aerosols, which are already recognized as key contributors to transmission, the oral route represents a strong candidate, in particular when meals and drinks are shared. In this review, we intend to discuss that significant quantities of virus dispersed by

SUBMITTER: Saulnier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature