Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions.

The stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was determined at 20°C--40% relative humidity (RH); 30°C--30% RH and 30°C--80% RH. MERS-CoV was more stable at low temperature/low humidity conditions and could still be recovered after 48 hours. During aerosolisation of MERS-CoV, no decrease in stability was observed at 20°C--40% RH. These data suggest the potential of MERS-CoV to be transmitted via contact or fomite transmission due to prolonged environmental presence.

• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

• Publication date

  2013-09-19

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.38.20590PMID 24084338
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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