Transmission routes
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Contents
What is already known
- Person to Person Transmission (close contact). [1]
- Droplet infection
- Cross-contamination of hands
- Fomites. [1]
- No evidence of vertical (mother-child) transmission. [1]
- Potential of SARS-CoV2 to survive in aerosol. [2]
Feacal-oral transmission?
Observations
- Diarrhoea is a common symptom of COVID19. [1]
Analysis and interpretation
- The question raises, whether we should anticipate transmission routes as observed with SARS (via sewage overflow and aerosols)
Consequences for action
- Study faecal-oral transmission routes as risk factors for COVID19
Practical Risk of Aerosols
Observations
- SARS-CoV2 stability in aerosol was experimentally tested, where authors measure the viability of virus on surfaces, after aerosol nebulizing [2]
Analysis and interpretation
- Does 'viability on surface' mean that the virus is still (biologically) infectious? I would be hesitant to extrapolate the findings of Doremalen to that conclusion.
Consequences for action
- Further study infectiousness of aerosols, for example in ferret models?
Topic 3
Observations
Analysis and interpretation
Consequences for action
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rothan, Hussin A., and Siddappa N. Byrareddy. "The epidemiology and pathogenesis of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak." Journal of Autoimmunity (2020): 102433.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 van Doremalen, Neeltje, et al. "Aerosol and surface stability of HCoV-19 (SARS-CoV-2) compared to SARS-CoV-1." medRxiv (2020).
