Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the dangers of airborne pathogen transmission. SARS-CoV-2 is known to be transmitted through aerosols; however, little is known about the dynamics of these aerosols in real environments, the conditions, and the minimum viral load required for infection. Efficiently...

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Autores: Álamo Toraño, Cristina María Del|||0000-0003-0021-7624, Vázquez Calvo, Ángela, Sanchiz, África, Rodríguez Caravaca, Gil, Martín, Rocío, Hernáez, Bruno, Méndez-Vigo Carranza, Pablo, Sánchez García-Casarrubios, Juan, Alcamí, Antonio, Pérez Díaz, José Luis|||0000-0003-2414-8045
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/63594
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/63594
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010576
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Airborne
Fast sampling
Viruses
SARS-CoV-2
Liquid sample
Disease control
Environmental health
Medicina
Medicine
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
title Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
spellingShingle Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
Álamo Toraño, Cristina María Del|||0000-0003-0021-7624
Airborne
Fast sampling
Viruses
SARS-CoV-2
Liquid sample
Disease control
Environmental health
Medicina
Medicine
title_short Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
title_full Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
title_fullStr Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
title_full_unstemmed Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
title_sort Fast Air-to-Liquid Sampler Detects Surges in SARS-CoV-2 Aerosol Levels in Hospital Rooms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Álamo Toraño, Cristina María Del|||0000-0003-0021-7624
Vázquez Calvo, Ángela
Sanchiz, África
Rodríguez Caravaca, Gil
Martín, Rocío
Hernáez, Bruno
Méndez-Vigo Carranza, Pablo
Sánchez García-Casarrubios, Juan
Alcamí, Antonio
Pérez Díaz, José Luis|||0000-0003-2414-8045
author Álamo Toraño, Cristina María Del|||0000-0003-0021-7624
author_facet Álamo Toraño, Cristina María Del|||0000-0003-0021-7624
Vázquez Calvo, Ángela
Sanchiz, África
Rodríguez Caravaca, Gil
Martín, Rocío
Hernáez, Bruno
Méndez-Vigo Carranza, Pablo
Sánchez García-Casarrubios, Juan
Alcamí, Antonio
Pérez Díaz, José Luis|||0000-0003-2414-8045
author_role author
author2 Vázquez Calvo, Ángela
Sanchiz, África
Rodríguez Caravaca, Gil
Martín, Rocío
Hernáez, Bruno
Méndez-Vigo Carranza, Pablo
Sánchez García-Casarrubios, Juan
Alcamí, Antonio
Pérez Díaz, José Luis|||0000-0003-2414-8045
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Airborne
Fast sampling
Viruses
SARS-CoV-2
Liquid sample
Disease control
Environmental health
Medicina
Medicine
topic Airborne
Fast sampling
Viruses
SARS-CoV-2
Liquid sample
Disease control
Environmental health
Medicina
Medicine
description The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the dangers of airborne pathogen transmission. SARS-CoV-2 is known to be transmitted through aerosols; however, little is known about the dynamics of these aerosols in real environments, the conditions, and the minimum viral load required for infection. Efficiently measuring and capturing pathogens present in the air would help to understand the infection process. Air samplers usually take several hours to obtain an air sample. In this work a fast (1?2 min) method for capturing bioaerosols into a liquid medium has been tested in hospital rooms with COVID-19 patients. This fast sampling allows detecting transient levels of aerosols in the air. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is detected in aerosols from several hospital rooms at different levels. Interestingly, there are sudden boosts of the SARS-CoV-2 load in the air, suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 could be released abundantly at certain moments. These results show that the distribution of SARS-CoV-2-containing aerosols is not homogeneous in the hospital room. This technology is a fast and effective tool for capturing airborne matter in a very short time, which allows for fast decision-making any kind of hazard in the air is detected. It is also useful for a better understanding of aerosols dynamics.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv European Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Horizon Europe Framework Programme 101084097 Healthy Environmental-Friendly and Resilient Farm to Fork
European Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Horizon Europe Framework Programme 101073899 Mechanical Impedance and Multiphysics Concealed and Hidden Objects Interrogation
European Commission http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 101016203 Boosting Innovation for COVID-19 Diagnostic, Prevention and Surveillance
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