SARS-CoV-2 detection and genomic sequencing from hospital surface samples collected at UC Davis.

David A CoilTimothy AlbertsonShefali BanerjeeGreg BrennanA J CampbellStuart H CohenSatya DandekarSamuel L Díaz-MuñozJonathan A EisenTracey GoldsteinIvy R JoseMaya JuarezBrandt A RobinsonStefan RothenburgChristian SandrockAna M M StoianDaniel G TompkinsAlexandre Tremeau-BravardAngela Haczku

Published in: PloS one (2021)

This study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 contamination on hospital surfaces contains infectious virus, disputing the importance of fomites in COVID-19 transmission. Ours is the first report on recovering near-complete SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences directly from environmental surface swabs.

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