Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 on the hands of hospitalized children with COVID-19

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61388963%3A_____%2F23%3A00575183" target="_blank" >RIV/61388963:_____/23:00575183 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/23:10470832

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.06.012" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.06.012</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2023.06.012" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cmi.2023.06.012</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Detection of viable SARS-CoV-2 on the hands of hospitalized children with COVID-19

Original language description

Potential routes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission have been a matter of debate since the early phase of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to other respiratory viruses, airborne droplets exhaled by an infected individual and inhaled by another susceptible person were identified as the dominant route of transmission. However, indirect routes of transmitting SARS-CoV-2 are still under investigation. Transmission by indirect contact has been reported for other respiratory viruses, and therefore, it was intuitive to place great emphasis on the importance of appropriate hand disinfection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, data providing firm evidence for the presence and quantity of potentially infectious virus carried on the hands of patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 remained scarce. We provide here the first experimental evidence supporting the notion that hand-borne SARS-CoV-2 from infected patients can display infectious potential, thus confirming the possibility of virus transmission via an indirect route. Our observation emphasizes the role of frequent hand hygiene as a preventive measure and supports established recommendations - particularly during active infection. The observations presented should serve as a basis for further assessment of the potential role of SARS-CoV-2 transmission via virus-contaminated hands, particularly in epidemiologically critical settings, to facilitate the implementation of optimized strategies for preventing uncontrolled spread of the infection in the current pandemic and any future outbreaks.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10607 - Virology

Project

<a href="/en/project/LX22NPO5103" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5103: National Institute of Virology and Bacteriology</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

ISSN

1198-743X

e-ISSN

1469-0691

Volume of the periodical

29

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CA - CANADA

Number of pages

3

Pages from-to

1211-1213

UT code for WoS article

001065276600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85168382717