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Risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA environmental contamination in rooms of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Part of: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2022

Jun-Won Seo Open the ORCID record for Jun-Won Seo [Opens in a new window] ,
Da Young Kim ,
Na Ra Yun ,
You Mi Lee ,
Merlin Jayalal Lawrence Panchali ,
Mi-Seon Bang ,
Seong Yeon Hwang ,
Choon-Mee Kim  and
Dong-Min Kim Open the ORCID record for Dong-Min Kim [Opens in a new window]
Jun-Won Seo
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Da Young Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Na Ra Yun
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
You Mi Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Merlin Jayalal Lawrence Panchali
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Mi-Seon Bang
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Seong Yeon Hwang
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Choon-Mee Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Premedical Science, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Dong-Min Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
*
Author for correspondence: Dong-Min Kim, E-mail: drongkim@chosun.ac.kr
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Abstract

The risk factors of environmental contamination by SARS-CoV-2 are largely unknown. We analyzed 1,320 environmental samples obtained from COVID-19 patients over 1 year. The risk factors for contamination of COVID-19 patients’ surrounding environment were higher viral load in the respiratory tract and shorter duration from symptom onset to sample collection.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 5 , May 2023 , pp. 827 - 829
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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