The Environmental Stability of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Omicron BA.1 and BA.5 on the Surfaces of Widely Used Transport Packaging Materials

ABSTRACT The increased transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOCs) has raised questions regarding the environmental stability of these viruses. Although a prolonged survival time has been reported for SARS-CoV-2, how long new variants can persist on contaminated surfaces and how enviro...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: Bei Wang, Lan Chen, Hongtao Sui, Xiaojing Dong, He Huang, Xinming Wang, Yan Xiao, Xia Xiao, Chao Wu, Hong Gao, Yuelong Shu, Lili Ren, Jianwei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023-06-01
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
Omicron variants
environmental stability
transmission
surface
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.04881-22

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