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Feb 15, 2021 · Upon analysis of negative-stained SARS-CoV-2 articles by electron microscopy, different researchers have had varying results, but the diameter of the virus has been found to range between 50...
Sep 23, 2020 · If 1% of the respiratory fluid particle is occupied by SARS-CoV-2, the minimum size of the respiratory particle that can contain SARS-CoV-2 is approximately 0.4 μm. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the calculated particle sizes via a schematic diagram and graph, respectively.
- Byung Uk Lee
- 10.3390/ijerph17196960
- 2020
- 2020/10
Apr 2, 2020 · SARS-CoV-2 is an enveloped virus ≈0.1 μm in diameter, so N95 masks are capable of filtering most free virions, but they do more than that. How so? Viruses are often transmitted through respiratory droplets produced by coughing and sneezing.
- Yinon M. Bar-On, Avi I. Flamholz, Rob Phillips, Ron Milo
- 10.7554/eLife.57309
- 2020
- eLife. 2020; 9: e57309.
Data are accumulating that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, is transmitted by both small and large particle aerosols. •
- Kevin P Fennelly
- 2020
Aug 8, 2021 · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, was recently shown to remain viable in aerosols for up to 16 h ( Van Doremalen et al., 2020; Smither et al., 2020; Fears et al., 2020 ). However, little is known about the size distribution of SARS-CoV-2 in indoor and outdoor air.
- Rebecca A. Stern, Ali Al-Hemoud, Barrak Alahmad, Barrak Alahmad, Petros Koutrakis
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146799
- 2021
- Sci Total Environ. 2021 Aug 15; 782: 146799.
Aug 18, 2021 · Our results demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 RNA exists in respired aerosols <5 µm in diameter; that aerosols containing SARS-CoV-2 RNA exist in particle modes that have been demonstrated to...
Mar 2, 2023 · Aerosol particles proved to play a key role in airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Therefore, their size-fractionated collection and analysis is invaluable.
