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Differences in environmental stability among SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern: Omicron has higher stability
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Ryohei Hirose, Yoshito Itoh, Hiroshi Ikegaya, Hajime Miyazaki, Naoto Watanabe, Takuma Yoshida, Risa Bandou, Tomo Daidoji, Takaaki Nakaya
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.18.476607
This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review [what does this mean?].
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Abstract
We analyzed the differences in viral environmental stability between the SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan strain and all variants of concern (VOCs). On plastic and skin surfaces, Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants exhibited more than two-fold longer survival than the Wuhan strain and maintained infectivity for more than 16 h on skin surfaces. The high environmental stability of these VOCs could increase the risk of contact transmission and contribute to their spread.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.18.476607v1
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Ryohei Hirose, Yoshito Itoh, Hiroshi Ikegaya, Hajime Miyazaki, Naoto Watanabe, Takuma Yoshida, Risa Bandou, Tomo Daidoji, Takaaki Nakaya
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.18.476607
This article is a preprint and has not been certified by peer review [what does this mean?].
0000530678
Abstract
We analyzed the differences in viral environmental stability between the SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan strain and all variants of concern (VOCs). On plastic and skin surfaces, Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron variants exhibited more than two-fold longer survival than the Wuhan strain and maintained infectivity for more than 16 h on skin surfaces. The high environmental stability of these VOCs could increase the risk of contact transmission and contribute to their spread.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.01.18.476607v1