SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in indoor and outdoor size-segregated aerosol samples.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to determine the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in indoor and outdoor size-segregated aerosol samples (PM_10-2.5, PM_2.5). Five outdoor daily samples were collected between November and December 2020 in an urban/industrial area with relatively high PM₁₀ levels (Maliaño, Santander, Spain) by using a PM impactor (air flowrate of 30 L/min). In a non-hospital indoor sampling surveillance context, 8 samples in classrooms and 6 samples in the central library-Paraninfo of the University of Cantabria (UC) were collected between April and June 2021 by using personal PM samplers (air flowrate of 3 L/min). Lastly, 8 samples in the pediatric nasopharyngeal testing room at Liencres Hospital, 6 samples from different single occupancy rooms of positive patients, and 2

SUBMITTER: Del Real A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9023038 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature